Landscape/landscript : nature as language in the art of Xu Bing / Shelagh Vainker ; with essays by Judith Goldman, Peter D. McDonald and Xu Bing.

The importance of the written word in Chinese art - as inscription, decoration or calligraphy with brush and ink - is one of the most discussed topics in the history of Chinese art. Here, Xu Bing examines the systems within the written language itself, illustrating how the visual elements articulate...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Vainker, S. J. (Author)
Corporate Author:	Ashmolean Museum (Host institution, Publisher)
Other Authors:	Goldman, Judith (Contributor) McDonald, Peter D. (Contributor) Xu, Bing, 1955-
Language:	English
Published:	Oxford : Ashmolean Museum of Art and Archaeology, University of Oxford, [2013]
Subjects:	Xu, Bing, > 1955- > Exhibitions. Language and languages in art > Exhibitions.
Genre:	Exhibitions.
Physical Description:	204 pages : illustrations (black and white, and colour), color maps ; 29 cm
Variant Title:	Lanscape landscript.
Format:	Book

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