The great image has no form, or On the nonobject through painting /

In premodern China, painters used imagery not to mirror the world, but to evoke unfathomable experience. Considering this art alongside the philosophical traditions that inform it, this book explores the 'nonobject', a notion exemplified by paintings that do not seek to represent observabl...

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Main Author: Jullien, François, 1951-
Other Authors: Todd, Jane Marie, 1957-
Format: Book
Language:English
French
Published: Chicago : The University of Chicago Press, 2009.
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Acquisition Notes:Gift of Deena Gerson
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300 |a xxiii, 263 p. :  |b ill. (some col.) ;  |c 24 cm. 
504 |a Includes bibliographical references and index. 
505 0 |a Presence-absence -- From the foundation-fount of painting -- Vague-drab-indistinct -- The great image has no form -- Theory of the sketch -- Empty and full -- Not quitting, not sticking -- Quitting form to achieve resemblance -- The spirit of a landscape -- On the truth in painting -- Gaze or contemplation? -- Peindre n'est pas dépeindre -- Ink and brush, form and color -- What does painting write? -- Image-phenomenon: painting transformation and life. 
546 |a English translation from the original French and Chinese. 
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