Old Masters Repainted: Wu Zhen (1280-1354) Prime Objects and Accretions [Hardcover]

Joan Stanley-Baker (Author)

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Publication Date: May 30, 1995

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'...one of the most enjoyable and thought-provoking art history books...a richly argued inquiry into the whole methodology of attribution...' -- Paul Taylor, Art History Vol.21, December, 1998

About the Author

Joan Stanley-Baker was born Hsu Hsiao-hu (Xu Xiaohu) in Nanking of Chinese and European parents. She grew up in Europe, China and America, and obtained her D.Phil. from the University of Oxford. She wrote several catalogues for the Art Gallery of Greater Victoria in British Columbia where she was inaugural Curator of Asian Art. She has taught Chinese and Japanese art history at National Taiwan University and the University of Melbourne. Recently she served as Director of the University Arts Centre at National Tsing Hua University in Taiwan, where she teaches at the Centre for General Education.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 550 pages
• Publisher: Hong Kong University Press (May 30, 1995)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 9622093027
• ISBN-13: 978-9622093027
• Product Dimensions: 11.1 x 8.4 x 1.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.5 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #7,121,605 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Chinese Paintings Explained, June 7, 2000

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Renee Thorpe (Karangasem, Bali) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Old Masters Repainted: Wu Zhen (1280-1354) Prime Objects and Accretions (Hardcover)

A highly readable but scholarly book. Should not be a reader's first book about Chinese art, but is very useful for, say, college art history at any level.

In what I found to be the most useful chapter, "Significant Criteria for Period Style," Stanley-Baker manages to isolate exactly what attributes belong to Song, Yuan, and Ming paintings. Her observant writings that link the physical with the spiritual (e.g. breathing space in relation to mountains in landscape paintings) are wonderful in their simplicity. Her essays will certainly enrich the connoiseur's love of Chinese art.

I see this book as indispensable to the student of Chinese art and highly recommended to the amateur of same.