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OverviewIn premodern China, elite painters used imagery not to mirror the world around them, but to evoke unfathomable experience. Considering their art alongside the philosophical traditions that inform it, The Great Image Has No Form explores the “nonobject”—a notion exemplified by paintings that do not seek to represent observable surroundings. François Jullien argues that this nonobjectifying approach stems from the painters’ deeply held belief in a continuum of existence, in which art is not distinct from reality. Contrasting this perspective with the Western notion of art as separate from the world it represents, Jullien investigates the theoretical conditions that allow us to apprehend, isolate, and abstract objects. His comparative method lays bare the assumptions of Chinese and European thought, revitalizing the questions of what painting is, where it comes from, and what it does. Provocative and intellectually vigorous, this sweeping inquiry introduces new ways of thinking about the relationship of art to the ideas in which it is rooted. Full Product DetailsAuthor: François Jullien (Universit Paris-Diderot) , Jane Marie ToddPublisher: The University of Chicago Press Imprint: University of Chicago Press Edition: 2nd ed. Dimensions: Width: 1.70cm , Height: 0.20cm , Length: 2.40cm Weight: 0.624kg ISBN: 9780226415307ISBN 10: 0226415309 Pages: 288 Publication Date: 01 November 2009 Audience: College/higher education , Undergraduate , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Awaiting stock  The supplier is currently out of stock of this item. It will be ordered for you and placed on backorder. Once it does come back in stock, we will ship it out for you. Table of ContentsReviewsThis is one of those rare, precious, and necessary books that, once you have completed a first reading, you realize you have only just begun. -- Magazine Litteraire This is one of those rare, precious, and necessary books that, once you have completed a first reading, you realize you have only just begun. --Magazine Litt raire This is one of those rare, precious, and necessary books that, once you have completed a first reading, you realize you have only just begun. --Magazine Litteraire Author InformationFrancois Jullien is professor of Chinese philosophy and literature at the University of Paris VII and director of the Institut Marcel Granet. Jane Marie Todd has translated many books for the University of Chicago Press, including The Forbidden Image, by Alain Besancon, and Conversations with Picasso, by Brassai. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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