The Multivalent Screen: Materiality and Representation in East Asian Visual Culture
Art Media Resources, Inc., 2019. hardbound with dust jacket; 265 pages with color photos. Item #45329
ISBN: 9781588861504
As multi-functional as they are artistically important, folding and standing screens assume a variety of roles unique to the cultures of East Asia. Frequently used in dwellings, temples, and tombs, East Asian screens have a rich history from ancient times up to the modern period, and yet they rarely have been examined as an art form in themselves. This volume of essays makes the art of screens its focus of inquiry. Originally written for the Center for the Art of East Asia’s 2011 symposium, “The Screen in East Asia and Beyond,” these nine essays take a fresh look at the complexity of this traditional art form by presenting the most recent art historical research and analysis of archaeological evidence. Starting from Bronze Age China, the essays address the historic use of screens in East Asia, the materials used in their creation, and the significance of their artistic content. The essays explore a variety of philosophical, religious, political, aesthetic, and gender issues related to the production of the screens. These scholarly studies are suitable for serious students and can also be appreciated by a broad range of art audiences.
Contributions by:
Guolong Lai, Katherine R. Tsiang, Wei-Cheng Lin, Li
Xi, Masaaki Itakura, Elizabeth Lillehoj, Hyunsoo Woo,
Guo Weiqi and Wu Hung.
Published by:
Art Media Resources, Chicago
The Center for the Art of East Asia, University of Chicago
CONTENTS
Preface
Introduction by Foong Ping and Chelsea Foxwell
1. Early Chinese Screens from Archaeological Contexts
by Guolong Lai
2. Screening and Portraying the Deceased in Early Medieval Chinese Tombs
by Katherine R. Tsiang
3. Screening the Chinese Interior: Architectonic and Architecturesque
by Wei-Cheng Lin
4. To See or to Be Seen: Screen as a Mirror of Orthodoxy in the Tang and Song Dynasties
by Li Xi
5. The Topology of Kara as Shown in the Landscape Screen, a Former Possession of Tōji Temple
by Masaaki Itakura
6. Record-Painting Screens and Records of Screens in Early Modern Japan
by Elizabeth Lillehoj
7. Displaying Authority: Screen Paintings of the Joseon Court
by Hyunsoo Woo
8. 一座未建成的城池：南澳总兵庆寿屏风上的地图与景观
Mapping the Unfinished City: The Military Commander’s Birthday Celebration Screen
by Guo Weiqi
9. Front and Back: Emperor Kangxi’s Screen and the Notion of Historical Materiality
by Wu Hung
Index
About the Editors and Contributing Authors.
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