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The impossible nude : Chinese art and western aesthetics / by François Jullien ; translated by Maev de la Guardia ; with photographs by Ralph Gibson.
Author
Jullien, François, 1951-
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Uniform title
De l'essence ou du nu.
English
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Format
Book
Language
English
Published/Created
Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2007.
Description
vii, 136 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 22 cm
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BJ1500.N8 J8513 2007
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Nudity
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Photography of the nude
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Nude in art
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Summary note
The undraped human form is ubiquitous in Western art and even appears in the art of India and Japan. Only in China, François Jullien argues, is the nude completely absent. In this enthralling extended essay, he explores the different conceptions of the human body that underlie this provocative disparity. Contrasting nakedness (which implies a diminished state) with nudity (which represents a complete presence), Jullien explores the traditional European vision of the nude as a fixed point of fusion where form joins truth. He then shows that the absence of the nude in Chinese art evinces an understanding of the human body as changeable and transitory. Viewed in light of each other, these differing concepts allow for a new way of thinking about form, the ideal, and beauty, enabling us to delve deeper into the relationship between art and the ideas that lie at its roots. Beautifully illustrated and gracefully translated into English for the first time, The Impossible Nude will fascinate anyone interested in art history, Chinese art, or aesthetics.
Notes
Translated from the French.
Bibliographic references
Includes bibliographical references (p. 133-134).
Contents
Preface
A history of being : for an ontology of the photographic nude
The impossible nude.
ISBN
0226415325 ((hardcover ; : alk. paper))
9780226415321 ((hardcover ; : alk. paper))
LCCN
2006011163
OCLC
66392845
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