Jizi and His Art in Contemporary China Unification /

• Main Authors: Brubaker, David Adam (Author), Wang, Chunchen (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
• Series: Chinese Contemporary Art Series,
• Subjects: Social sciences.; Cultural studies.; Social Sciences.; Cultural Studies.

This interdisciplinary study promotes the thesis that some contemporary Chinese ink artists succeed in using principles of traditional Chinese aesthetics to convey the union of self with nature, others and the universe. The investigation is a case study of the writings and paintings of Jizi, an ink-...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction Conflicts and Confrontations: The Journey of China’s Contemporary Chinese Ink Paintings
• Chapter 1 Questions
• Chapter 2 Who Is Jizi?
• Chapter 3 Paths of Contemporary Chinese Art
• Chapter 4 Philosophy of Chinese Ink Art
• Chapter 5 Spiritual as Mountains and Cosmos
• Chapter 6 Chinese Ink Art and Global Changes
• Appendix.