Spirit stones of China : 怪石 : the Ian and Susan Wilson collection of Chinese stones, paintings, and related scholars' objects

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Spirit stones of China : 怪石 : the Ian and Susan Wilson collection of Chinese stones, paintings, and related scholars' objects

Stephen Little

Art Institute of Chicago, in association with University of California Press, c1999

1st ed

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怪石

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On double leaves, oriental style, in case

Exhibition organized by the Art Institute of Chicago and presented from May 1-August 1, 1999

Includes bibliographical references (p. 110-111)

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According to legend, stones have been revered in China since at least the third millenium B.C., when they were presented as tribute to Emperor Yu, a mythical sage-ruler. Stones were prized and collected for display in gardens and, probably, interiors from the Han dynasty onward, and by the Tang dynasty a true literature of stones had appeared. This tradition of stone collecting, which was to find its ultimate expression during the second half of the late Ming dynasty, focused on stones as representations of the universe in miniature, or, more precisely, of the inchoate energies that created the universe. The most treasured stones were those with strange and bizarre shapes suggestive of remote and numinous mountain peaks or of Daoist paradises. In April 1999, The Art Institute of Chicago presented an exhibition of more than thirty-five of these sacred Chinese stones, along with related paintings and objects, from the Ian and Susan Wilson Collection. The accompanying catalog explores the history of stone collecting in China and the connections between stones, Daoist philosophy, cosmology, garden design, interior decoration, painting, and woodblock printing.

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