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Kinų klasikinės estetikos ir dailės sintezė (istorinis aspektas)
Synthesis in Chinese Aesthetic and Art (Historical Analysis)

Author(s): Agnieška Juzefovič
Subject(s): Cultural Essay, Political Essay, Societal Essay
Published by: Lietuvos kultūros tyrimų
Keywords: interdisciplinary connections; synthesis; Chinese aesthetic; art theory; Chinese landscape painting.

Summary/Abstract: The author makes historical analysis of Chinese aesthetic, art theory and painting. The author argues that in different historical periods this three components often were involved in close connections. Synthesis of art and art theory and their interdisciplinary character is typical for Chinese culture. The deals with development and transformations of Chinese aesthetic and painting: in the very early period of Chinese aesthetic and art theory (IV - VI sc.) there dominated theoretical philosophical interpretations with quite little attention for concrete questions of art theory, but from the Song dynasty there were settled harmonic balance between aesthetic, art theory and practice. The main attention of the author is focused on interdisciplinary character of Chinese aesthetic and painting: many of Chinese painters and calligraphers were also authors of theoretical texts about painting, and vice versa - theorists quite often as well created art works by themselves. The author beside analyze main connections between transformations of art theory and painting with cultural and political situation of contemporary China.

  • Issue Year: 2008
  • Issue No: 16
  • Page Range: 258-276
  • Page Count: 19
  • Language: Lithuanian