On the Varieties of Experience of Art

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Title
On the Varieties of Experience of Art
Theory, Culture & Society
Creator
Yuk Hui
Abstract
This essay takes up the line of critique of François Jullien in The Great Image Has No Form, that Chinese landscape painting ( shanshui) provides a counter-example to Western painting. The opposition, namely that the former undermines form and the latter focuses on form, provides two kinds of access to ‘truth’ and demonstrates two different philosophical temperaments between China and Europe. The article attempts to reflect on Jullien’s comparison and the varieties of experience of art that Jullien has opened up for us. It also hopes to go a step further by exposing the different logic and sensibility that are present in shanshui painting through a reading of Wang Bi and Mou Zongsan.
volume
40
issue
4-5
pages
131-144
Date
07/2023
short title
Theory, Culture & Society
Language
en
doi
10.1177/02632764221147673
issn
0263-2764, 1460-3616
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