by François Jullien (Author), François Jullien (Author), Jane Marie Todd (Author)
In 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, this book explores the "nonobject" - a notion exemplified by paintings that do not seek to represent observable surroundings.
Format: Illustrated
Pages: 288
Edition: Illustrated
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Published: 16 Nov 2012
ISBN 10: 0226415317
ISBN 13: 9780226415314