The Art of the Chinese Picture-Scroll

Shane McCausland

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Reaktion Books
01 March 2024

Oriental art; History

The Chinese picture-scroll, a long painting or calligraphic work held within a horizontal scrolling mount, has been China's pre-eminent aesthetic format for the last two millennia. This first extended history of the picture-scroll explores its extraordinary longevity, and its adaptability to social, political and technological change. The book describes what the picture-scroll demands of a viewer, how China's artists grappled with its cultural power, and how collectors and connoisseurs have left their marks on scrolls for later generations to judge. The return to mass appeal of scrolling — a media technology that seemed long outdated yet persists in our digital age — provides urgent and fascinating context to this book.

By: Shane McCausland
Imprint: Reaktion Books
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 250mm, Width: 190mm,
ISBN: 9781789147964
ISBN 10: 1789147964
Pages: 296
Publication Date: 01 March 2024
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Shane McCausland is Percival David Professor of the History of Art at SOAS University of London. His many books include The Mongol Century: Visual Cultures of Yuan China, 1271-1368 (Reaktion Books, 2014), and he has curated numerous exhibitions in Europe, North America and China.

Reviews for The Art of the Chinese Picture-Scroll

'Eruditely written . . . a welcome addition to the corpus of studies on Chinese painting, written by a scholar deeply immersed in the subject and well able to share his knowledge with the reader in an engaging and lively way.' - Nick Pearce, Professor and Richmond Chair of Fine Arts, University of Glasgow