{"product_id":"a-story-of-ruins-wu-hung-9781861898760","title":"A Story of Ruins: Presence and Absence in Chinese Art and Visual Culture","description":"This richly illustrated book examines the changing significance of ruins as vehicles for cultural memory in Chinese art and visual culture from ancient times to the present. The story of ruins in China is different from but connected to \"ruin culture\" in the West. This book explores indigenous Chinese concepts of ruins and their visual manifestations, as well as the complex historical interactions between China and the West since the eighteenth century. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Wu Hung leads us through an array of traditional and contemporary visual materials, including painting, architecture, photography, prints, and cinema. \u003ci\u003eA Story of Ruins\u003c\/i\u003e shows how ruins are integral to traditional Chinese culture in both architecture and pictorial forms. It traces the changes in their representation over time, from indigenous methods of recording damage and decay in ancient China, to realistic images of architectural ruins in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, to the strong interest in urban ruins in contemporary China, as shown in the many artworks that depict demolished houses and decaying industrial sites. The result is an original interpretation of the development of Chinese art, as well as a unique contribution to global art history.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Wu Hung\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1861898762\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781861898760\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Reaktion Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/15\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 296\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 2.50lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 10.10h x 7.70w x 1.00d","brand":"Wu Hung","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44790344024319,"sku":"9781861898760","price":60.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_e1786973-f48a-4e1b-b8d5-f96131d919eb.jpg?v=1707288663","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/a-story-of-ruins-wu-hung-9781861898760","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}