- Gebundene Ausgabe: 415 Seiten
- Verlag: University of California Press; Auflage: 1 (Oktober 2000)
- Sprache: Englisch
- ISBN-10: 0520227840
- ISBN-13: 978-0520227842
- Größe und/oder Gewicht: 31,5 x 24,9 x 3,9 cm
- Amazon Bestseller-Rang: Nr. 870.132 in Englische Bücher (Siehe Top 100 in Englische Bücher)
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Taoism and the Arts of China, the catalog for a blockbuster show in Chicago, represents an explosion of recent research into Taoism, China's most important indigenous religion and one of the world's oldest mystical traditions. Western scholars and Chinese intellectuals have tended to regard Taoism as folk religion, colored by magic and superstition, yet it is based on a sophisticated philosophy dating back 2,500 years to the teachings of Laozi. Taoism has no supreme being, though gods and goddesses were invented to put a recognizable face on the infinite Void of the Tao ("the Way"). Matter and energy are regarded as interchangeable (as in modern physics).
To represent the art inspired by Taoism over the millennia, the Art Institute of Chicago brought together 151 ritual implements, paintings, sculptures, and documents from 50 national museums, temples, and private collections worldwide. These objects are divided into three sections in the catalog and used to illustrate Taoism's philosophical origins; its organization and ceremonies; and its development into popular religion. Lively captions explain the significance of each item; for example, a 2,000-year-old stone panel showing the supposedly historical meeting of Confucius and Laozi, after which an awed Confucius described Laozi as a dragon (a symbol of the Tao). Essays by five leading scholars place religious Taoism in the context of Chinese art and history--a complex task, lucidly handled. This is a landmark study. With popular Taoism rebounding in modern China, Taoism and the Arts of China presents truly pioneering scholarship, expanding our appreciation of a once unfashionable area of research. --John Stevenson
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As Little notes, Westerners know far less about Taoism than the other two teachings of ancient China, Confucianism and Buddhism. Featuring in-depth historical and aesthetic commentary and gorgeous reproductions, this volume, the companion text to the first major exhibition of Taoist art in the U.S., seeks to fill this gap. Philosophical Taoism, which emerged more than two millennia ago, is a cosmology based on the vision of the Tao as the void from which a primal energy was generated, a force which than differentiated first into the complementary opposites of yin and yang and then into the myriad complexities of life. Taoism gave rise to feng shui , tai chi, and the underlying principles of traditional Chinese medicine, including acupuncture, and then evolved into an elaborate deity-oriented religion that is currently undergoing a revitalization. Little and his contributors provide a lucent and fascinating history of Taoism and its role in Chinese society and offer enlightening interpretations of exquisite examples of Taoist scroll paintings, sculpture, textiles, and architecture. Donna Seaman
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The Magical Art of the Tao
20. Januar 2001
Format:Taschenbuch
The book Taoism and the Arts of China was compiled to accompany the first major exhibit of Taoist art, which I saw at the Art Institute of Chicago. These centuries-old works are astonishing. I couldn't get enough of the exhibit, and now I can't get enough of the book. Considerable scholarship went into both.
The curators begin with the sage Laozi and his cognition of an unmanifest source of creation, which is called the Tao, or "way." As the collection progresses, the viewer sees the universal principle of the Tao enter the weave of Chinese culture. The teaching becomes visibly more elaborate and eventually the Way becomes a religion, acquiring deities, priests, rituals, and magic elixirs. Like an alchemist in reverse, the cycle of time takes a transcendent reality and turns it into the denser element of doctrine, right before our very eyes.
Some say the artists that served Taoism mixed potent elixirs into the paints they used. Whether or not this is true, I couldn't stop looking at their work. I wish the printed page could capture the exquisite detail, color and charisma of the originals. Still, Taoism and the Arts of China achieves its purpose. I showed the book to friends at a dinner party. They huddled over it a while, then resolved to drive off that very night to reach Chicago by morning, the last day of the exhibit. It was the right idea. This art should not be missed.
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A scholarly and informative historical artwork survey
13. März 2001
Format:Taschenbuch
Enhanced with 190 color illustrations and 50 b/w photographs, Asian art expert Stephen Little's Taoism And The Arts Of China is an impressive, erudite compendium of art from one of China's most ancient and influential philosophical and religious traditions. This scholarly and informative historical artwork survey begins with the Zhou dynasty (fifth to third century B.C.E.) down to the Qing dynasty (1644-1911). With insightful essays by Kristofer Shipper, Wu Hung, Patricia Ebrey, and Nancy Steinhardt, Taoism And The Arts Of China is a core addition to any personal, academic, or community library art history, Asian Studies, or Taoism reference collection. This superbly presented art history is also available in hardcover (0-520-22784-0).
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