The Chinese Artist Grows Old: Aging and Creativity - Hardcover

Kuo, Jason C

Hardcover

ISBN 13: 9798987589359

Publisher: New Academia Publishing, LLC, 2024

Synopsis

"As an abundant compendium of translated classical Chinese texts concerning the symbiosis of life experience and creativity, Jason Kuo's The Chinese Artist Grows Old: Aging and Creativity is a valuable resource for scholars, teachers, artists, and curious readers alike. It also revives the classical Chinese genre of cultural writing called 'brush notes,' by which Kuo's commentaries link the historical excerpts but do not over-determine their meanings. The result, which combines fluid translations and transcriptions of classical Chinese texts alongside original artworks, is a sort of exhibition tour, in which Kuo enables readers to have a direct conversation with the past as much as with him."

- Michael J. Hatch, Associate Professor of Art History, Trinity College, and author of Networks of Touch: A Tactile History of Chinese Art, 1790-1840

 

"The Chinese Artist Grows Old: Aging and Creativity is a significant addition to the growing literature on the intersection of art and aging. It concisely introduces a diverse range of artists-spanning almost one thousand years-and provides rich context by drawing on contemporaneous literature. Generously illustrated, it is a welcome contribution that will support the development of a more international perspective on the idea of late artistic style."

-Peter L. Doebler, Kettering Curator of Art, Dayton Art Institute

 

"In The Chinese Artist Grows Old: Aging and Creativity, Jason Kuo has written, with tremendous erudition and critical insight, a fascinating account of how Chinese artists-poets, calligraphers, and painters-from the imperial past to our own time strive to create works of art as they age, often overcoming illness and many other associated difficulties. The book is a major contribution to the current debates in art history and literary studies on late and old-age style.

-Hanwei Wang, Professor of Art History, Nanjing Normal University; author of Studies on the Calligraphy of Dunhuang Documents in the Southern Dynasties

Edition details

• Publisher: New Academia Publishing, LLC
• Publication date: 2024
• Language: English
• ISBN 13: 9798987589359
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 428