{"product_id":"the-great-image-has-no-franzois-jullien-9780226415314","title":"The Great Image Has No Form, or on the Nonobject Through Painting","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn premodern China, elite painters used imagery not to mirror the world around them, but to evoke unfathomable experience. Considering their art alongside the philosophical traditions that inform it, \u003ci\u003eThe Great Image Has No Form\u003c\/i\u003e explores the \"nonobject\"--a notion exemplified by paintings that do not seek to represent observable surroundings.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrançois Jullien argues that this nonobjectifying approach stems from the painters' deeply held belief in a continuum of existence, in which art is not distinct from reality. Contrasting this perspective with the Western notion of art as separate from the world it represents, Jullien investigates the theoretical conditions that allow us to apprehend, isolate, and abstract objects. His comparative method lays bare the assumptions of Chinese and European thought, revitalizing the questions of what painting is, where it comes from, and what it does. Provocative and intellectually vigorous, this sweeping inquiry introduces new ways of thinking about the relationship of art to the ideas in which it is rooted.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e François Jullien\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0226415317\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780226415314\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Chicago Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/05\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.90lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 5.90w x 0.80d","brand":"François Jullien","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48447601279231,"sku":"9780226415314","price":44.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_f4a70fd3-3eec-443c-aa2c-e3e112f83733.jpg?v=1777233779","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-great-image-has-no-franzois-jullien-9780226415314","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}