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A tradition redefined : modern and contemporary Chinese ink paintings from the Chu-tsing Li collection, 1950-2000

Title
A tradition redefined : modern and contemporary Chinese ink paintings from the Chu-tsing Li collection, 1950-2000 / edited by Robert D. Mowry ; with contributions by Janet Baker [and others].
Publication
Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Art Museums ; New Haven : Distributed by Yale University Press, [2007], ©2007.

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Additional Authors
  • Mowry, Robert D.
  • Baker, Janet (Curator)
  • Arthur M. Sackler Museum.
Description
244 pages : color illustrations; 30 cm
Summary
"Drawn from the Chu-tsing Li collection of modern and contemporary Chinese paintings - the finest and most comprehensive of its kind in the West - A Tradition Redefined is the first in-depth exploration of the development of Chinese ink painting during the last half century. These extraordinary paintings demonstrate the reinvigoration of classical techniques and materials by artists throughout Mainland China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, and abroad working with distinctly contemporary perspectives."--BOOK JACKET.
Subjects
Note
  • Catalog of an exhibition at the Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, Mass. and at three other museums.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 240-244).
Contents
Director's foreword / Thomas W. Lentz and James K. Ballinger -- Acknowledgements / Robert D. Mowry -- Tradition in transition: ink landscapes from the Chu-Tsing Li collection / Arnold Chang -- Overview of the exhibition: Chinese painting in China and beyond / Robert D. Mowry, Claudia Brown and Janet Baker -- On the international stage / Claudia Brown -- On the mainland and out of bounds / Janet Baker -- Notes from conversations with Chu-Tsing Li / Robert D. Mowry -- Catalogue: inscription trasnlations by Chun-yi Lee -- Signatures and seals -- Artists' biographies / Melissa Moy.
ISBN
  • 9781891771477 (HUAM; pbk. : alk. paper)
  • 1891771477 (HUAM; pbk. : alk. paper)
  • 9780300126723 (Yale edition; pbk. : alk. paper)
  • 0300126727 (Yale edition; pbk. : alk. paper)
  • 9781891771471 (HUAM; pbk. : alk. paper) (canceled/invalid)
LCCN
2007025030
OCLC
  • ocn145396523
  • 145396523
  • SCSB-5383601
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Columbia University Libraries