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Journal of Asian Studies (2024) 83 (1): 165–167.
Published: 01 February 2024
...Jun Hu Facing China: Truth and Memory in Portraiture . By Richard Vinograd . London : Reaktion Books , 2022 . 334 pp. ISBN: 9781789145328 . © 2024 Association for Asian Studies 2024 Richard Vinograd's new study presents the reader with more than a history of portraiture...
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Journal of Asian Studies (1967) 26 (4): 699–700.
Published: 01 August 1967
...Hugo Munsterberg Copyright © The Association for Asian Studies, Inc. 1967 1967 Chinese Portraiture . By Eli Lancman . Tokyo : Charles E. Tuttle Company , 1966 . 187 pp. List of Dynasties, Index, Sources, Bibliography, 66 Plates. $10.00. BOOK REVIEWS tion on how to study foreign...
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Journal of Asian Studies (2012) 71 (4): 1176–1178.
Published: 01 November 2012
...Michael W. Meister Portraiture in Early India: Between Transience and Eternity . By Vincent Lefèvre . Leiden; Boston : Brill , 2011 . xix , 219 pp. $135.00 (cloth). Copyright © The Association for Asian Studies, Inc. 2012 2012 Portraiture, like personhood, is a contested...
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Journal of Asian Studies (1991) 50 (2): 401–403.
Published: 01 May 1991
...Stephen R. Bokenkamp Contemplating the Ancients: Aesthetic and Social Issues in Early Chinese Portraiture . By Audrey Spiro . Berkeley : University of California Press , 1990 . xv, 259 pp. $35.00. Copyright © The Association for Asian Studies, Inc. 1991 1991 BOOK REVIEWS CHINA...
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Journal of Asian Studies (1995) 54 (1): 208–209.
Published: 01 February 1995
... and thoughtful, if at moments cloudy, book is primarily concerned with portraits of the latter type, variously painted by specialist portraitists, nonspecialists, or the two in collaboration. Following an introductory chapter that raises general questions about the practice and history of portraiture in China...
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Journal of Asian Studies (2014) 73 (4): 1009–1042.
Published: 01 November 2014
.... The question of the existential condition of the photographic image has long been debated. Is the image an index of the photographed subject, a fingerprint made in light and salts? Or is it a manufactured icon, a likeness produced only within specific cultural codes, as with other portraiture media...
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Journal of Asian Studies (2010) 69 (3): 893–895.
Published: 01 August 2010
... about art, as well as stimulating reflections on portraiture and biography, lineage, and the long-standing cultural engagement between Tibet and China. Published as an exhibition catalogue by the Rubin Museum of Art, this sumptuously illustrated and copiously documented book should be of great interest...
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Journal of Asian Studies (1967) 26 (4): 698–699.
Published: 01 August 1967
... the native majority and lead to political reforms. One may hope that his theory is correct, but "good government is no substitute for self-government." DOUGLAS H. MENDEL, JR. University of Wisconsin Milwaukee Chinese Portraiture. BY ELI LANCMAN. Tokyo: Charles E. Tuttle Company, 1966. 187 pp. List...
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Journal of Asian Studies (1995) 54 (1): 209–211.
Published: 01 February 1995
... practice, from the political to the cultural to the social. The author's view of the reflexive concern with the construction of self in portraiture (whether we consider this to be a "late" or a "modern" phenomenon) is strikingly pessimistic. I was left with the impression that the self was increasingly...
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Journal of Asian Studies (1995) 54 (1): 206–208.
Published: 01 February 1995
... by specialist portraitists, nonspecialists, or the two in collaboration. Following an introductory chapter that raises general questions about the practice and history of portraiture in China, one chapter is devoted to each of the three centuries covered. The choice of portraits is heavily weighted toward...
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Far Eastern Quarterly (1943) 2 (3): 310–314.
Published: 01 May 1943
... to Western theories of portraiture in which a general's face is all important, and his orders and decorations are generally barely indicated, with little attempt at precise detail. Since the whole theory of portraiture is different, one obviously cannot examine a Chinese portrait by western standards...
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Journal of Asian Studies (1989) 48 (3): 573–574.
Published: 01 August 1989
... is determined by birth alone do not. Open societies are characterized by individualism, biography, realistic portraiture, general education, belief in the utilitarian and didactic value of history, the development of social and political science, a keen interest in divination, and growing secularism. Closed...
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Journal of Asian Studies (1999) 58 (1): 255–256.
Published: 01 February 1999
... and South Asian musicians. These are simple instances of Wade's complex and useful investigations, and they show that musical performance, like portraiture, was something that Mughal painters depicted very specifically; far more specifically than architecture, for example, providing one of the great puzzles...
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Journal of Asian Studies (1991) 50 (2): 400–401.
Published: 01 May 1991
... autobiographies of former Red Guards staple teaching tools are certain to make Shen's book a popular secondary text for courses on contemporary China. JUDY POLUMBAUM University of Iowa Contemplating the Ancients: Aesthetic and Social Issues in Early Chinese Portraiture. By AUDREY SPIRO. Berkeley: University...
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Far Eastern Quarterly (1951) 10 (2): 191–196.
Published: 01 February 1951
.... Development of portrait pictures and their limitations. Figures in genre pictures delineate types rather than individuals Historical records supply not even a hint that early Yamato-e contributed toward the development of portraiture Portrait paintings chiefly grew out of continental religious pictures...
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Journal of Asian Studies (2015) 74 (4): 1016–1018.
Published: 01 November 2015
... note that Zheng's work also reflects a significant influence from Su Shi's (1037–1101) theory of portraiture, and that the connection of Zheng Zhen's poetic works with the theory of portraiture of the Song, Ming, and Qing dynasties will be a meaningful topic for further research. To date, research...
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Journal of Asian Studies (1999) 58 (1): 256–258.
Published: 01 February 1999
... is cited as showing a Central Asian dancer accompanied by two West Asian instruments and a South Asian instrument, played by Central and South Asian musicians. These are simple instances of Wade's complex and useful investigations, and they show that musical performance, like portraiture, was something...
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Journal of Asian Studies (2000) 59 (3): 779–781.
Published: 01 August 2000
... of Ramchandra Rao and Pratap Rao, the Indore State Photographers, around 1900 (pp. 88-89). The demeanor and expression of the lady, like the carefully wrought artistry of the image, stand typical of the new subjectivities and visual potentials that the art of photographic portraiture opened up for modern urban...
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Journal of Asian Studies (2005) 64 (2): 527–529.
Published: 01 May 2005
... imagery and the sculpting and using of public space. One of the most interesting examples of the royal shift to Western discourses and political imagery is the discussion of the practice of family portraiture. Any traveler to Thailand will surely be struck by the ubiquitous display of photographs...
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Journal of Asian Studies (1963) 22 (4): 501.
Published: 01 August 1963
... at a hasty perusal, by the superb quality and scope of the illustrations contained in this beautiful volume. There are about 260 photographs, including seventeen in full color, which present a vivid panorama of India, ranging in subject matter from landscapes to temple bas-reliefs, from portraiture...
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