v. 1. The Birth of Landscape Painting in China: Pictorical Art and the Attitude Toward Nature in Antiquity, The Han Dynasty, The Six Dynasties; v. 2. Chinese landscape painting: The Sui and T'ang Dynasties.

Establishing a new approach to reading Chinese landscape painting, this work centers around an early key example of scholarly painting, viz. Dream Journey on the Xiao and Xiang Rivers (late 12th century). The author restores the status of Dream Journey as a cultural icon for Confucians, an object of contemplation for aesthetes, an imaginary dream journey for poets, and an incen...(展开全部)

Establishing a new approach to reading Chinese landscape painting, this work centers around an early key example of scholarly painting, viz. Dream Journey on the Xiao and Xiang Rivers (late 12th century). The author restores the status of Dream Journey as a cultural icon for Confucians, an object of contemplation for aesthetes, an imaginary dream journey for poets, and an incen...(展开全部)

When is a landscape more than a landscape? This is a richly illustrated study of an important genre of Ming-dynasty Chinese painting in which landscapes are actually disguised portraits that celebrate an individual and his achievements, ambitions, and tastes in an open effort to win recognition, support, and social status. In this unique study, Anne de Coursey Clapp presents a ...(展开全部)

詹姆斯•埃尔金斯 (James Elkins), 美国著名艺术史家、理论家和批评家。目前是芝加哥艺术学院E.C. 查德伯恩(E.C. Chadbourne)名誉教授、艺术史系主任。1977年在康奈尔大学取得学士学位。1983年在芝加哥大学取得绘画专业和艺术史专业双硕士学位，并于1989年从同一所大学取得艺术史博士学位。埃尔金斯的多部著作曾被译为中文、韩语、德语、俄语、意大利语、捷克语等多国语言。他的研究兴趣广泛，包括艺术图像、科学图像和自然图像的理论和历史、绘画、摄影理论、艺术史编纂学，以及全球艺术史等。

詹姆斯•埃尔金斯 (James Elkins), 美国著名艺术史家、理论家和批评家。目前是芝加哥艺术学院E.C. 查德伯恩(E.C. Chadbourne)名誉教授、艺术史系主任。1977年在康奈尔大学取得学士学位。1983年在芝加哥大学取得绘画专业和艺术史专业双硕士学位，并于1989年从同一所大学取得艺术史博士学位。埃尔金斯的多部著作曾被译为中文、韩语、德语、俄语、意大利语、捷克语等多国语言。他的研究兴趣广泛，包括艺术图像、科学图像和自然图像的理论和历史、绘画、摄影理论、艺术史编纂学，以及全球艺术史等。

"In this important work, Anne de Coursey Clapp has drawn a clear picture of T'ang Yin's life, patronage relationships, and contribution to the history of Chinese painting. In the person of T'ang Yin, she has chosen an ideal focus around which to examine some of the misleading stereotypes which have distorted our understanding of Chinese painting since the seventeenth century. M...(展开全部)

"In this important work, Anne de Coursey Clapp has drawn a clear picture of T'ang Yin's life, patronage relationships, and contribution to the history of Chinese painting. In the person of T'ang Yin, she has chosen an ideal focus around which to examine some of the misleading stereotypes which have distorted our understanding of Chinese painting since the seventeenth century. M...(展开全部)