Art by Literati : Calligraphic Carving in Middle Qing China

This book explores how calligraphic inscription was integrated into the cultural practices of the literati in late eighteenth- and early nineteenth-century China. Traditionally, inscriptions had been made in collaboration between a literatus-calligrapher and an artisan-carver, with the latter trace-carving calligraphy executed with a brush by the former. As a type of craft that entailed working with a knife on a range of solid materials, inscription carving may not have been deemed the domain of literati before the Qing dynasty (1644-1911). This book analyzes how the literati assumed the role of carvers as well as calligraphers in inscription by investigating the intellectual, aesthetic, and practical aspects of the practice and the increasingly blurred cultural and social boundary between the literati and artisans--

Author: Hye-shim Yi

Publisher: NA

Publication Date: Aug 19, 2024

Number of Pages: NA pages

Language: English

Binding: Hardcover

ISBN-10: 1638571929

ISBN-13: 9781638571926