Appropriating Antiquity for Modern Chinese Painting

Appropriating Antiquity for Modern Chinese Art is full of new information and important discussions that should have been properly investigated a long time ago. The author takes the readers on a journey into the rich world of jinshi painting which is set within a complicated international network as well as an intricate historical context. It is a must-read for those of us who study the art and history of China at the turn of the 20th century. * Nicole Chiang, Senior Curator, Hong Kong Palace Museum, Hong Kong * Appropriating Antiquity examines a wealth of new materials, showing how the fervent study of inscriptions on bronze and stone led to a re-evaluation of the history of Chinese calligraphy that also impacted on 19th and early 20th-century Chinese painting. * Roderick Whitfield, Percival David Professor, Emeritus, SOAS, University of London, UK * Appropriating Antiquity for Modern Chinese Painting is an outstanding achievement in elucidating the transmediality and transcultural aspects of antiquarianism. Chia-Ling Yang, with her solid research and penetrating analysis of primary sources, brings to life key figures whose high-minded goals carried them through periods of turmoil. * Aida Yuen Wong, Nathan Cummings and Robert B. and Beatrice C. Mayer Professor of Fine Arts and Professor in East Asian Studies, Brandeis University, USA * By exploring the phenomenon of epigraphic studies at the end of the Qing dynasty and its impact on the visual arts, Yang Chia-ling offers a transdisciplinary cultural history that refocuses our vision of Chinese modernity on the relationship of the Chinese elites to the written sign and to its origins. * Eric Lefebre, Director, Museum Cernuschi, Paris, France *