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Author:
Wu Hung, 1945-
Title:
A story of ruins : presence and absence in Chinese art and visual culture / Wu Hung.
Publisher:
Princeton University Press,
Copyright Date:
2012
Description:
293 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 26 cm.
Subject:
Ruins in art.
Symbolism in art--China--History.
Art, Chinese--Themes, motives.
Art and society--China--History.
Art and history--China.
Ruined buildings--China--Psychological aspects.
Notes:
"Originally published in Great Britain in 2012 by Reaktion Books Ltd"--T.p. verso. Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
Internalizing ruins : premodern sensibilities of time passed -- The birth of ruins : inventing modern visual culture in China -- Between past and future : transience as a contemporary aesthetic of ruins.
ISBN:
069115502X
9780691155029
OCLC:
(OCoLC)761850995
LCCN:
2011942147
Locations:
USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)
OIAX792 -- Grinnell College (Grinnell)

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