List of Figures

xi

The Chinese Dynasties

xv

Acknowledgments

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Introduction: Tradition and Modernity in China
Christopher Crouch

1

Part I:
Understanding Chinese Visual Tradition

19

Chapter 1: Regarding Tradition as a Document
Wang Huangsheng

25

Chapter 2: A Reexamination of Regionalism
in Chinese Painting in the Context
of Globalisation
Wang Dongsong

31

Chapter 3: Engaging the Natural World:
The Lessons to be Drawn from the Aesthetics
of Traditional Chinese Landscape Painting
Li Yong

47

Chapter 4: The Standpoint of New Scholar Painting:
To Perpetuate Tradition or Transform It?
Wu Jinchuan

61

Chapter 5: Rocks in Traditional Chinese Gardens
Yu Lizhan

75