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Contemplating rocks

Title
Contemplating rocks / Marcus Flacks ; design and photography: Ornan Rotem.
Author
Flacks, Marcus
Publication
London : Rasika, an imprint of Sylph Editions, 2012.

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Additional Authors
Rotem, Ornan
Description
189 pages : illustrations (black and white, and color), map; 34 cm
Subject
  • Chinese scholars' rocks > China
  • Chinese scholars' rocks > China > Pictorial works
  • Chinese scholars' rocks
  • Gelehrter
  • Stein
  • Kunstwerk
  • Fels
  • China
Genre/Form
  • Bildband.
  • Pictorial works.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (page 179).
Contents
The Historical Importance of Scholars' Rocks in Chinese Culture / Robert D. Mowry -- Constant Evolution and Qi -- Nature, Sculpture, Portal, Icon -- Types of Rocks -- Aesthetic Criteria -- Shapes and Forms -- Stands -- Inscriptions -- Natural or Worked -- Collectors and Collecting Rocks -- The Final Ingredient: the Viewer -- Superlative Horses -- Rock Tales -- The Artist and the Stone / Lui Dan -- Rock of a Scholar / James Lally -- An Idler Who Cherishes Stones / Master of the Water, Pine and Stone Retreat -- Potent Objects / Nicholas Chow -- Ascent to the Cloud-capped Peak / Brice Marden.
Call Number
JQG 23-907
ISBN
  • 9780956992079
  • 0956992072
OCLC
874926094
Author
Flacks, Marcus, author.
Title
Contemplating rocks / Marcus Flacks ; design and photography: Ornan Rotem.
Publisher
London : Rasika, an imprint of Sylph Editions, 2012.
Type of Content
text
still image
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (page 179).
Added Author
Rotem, Ornan, photographer.
Research Call Number
JQG 23-907
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