书名：China's Southern Paradise: Treasures from the Lower Yangzi Delta / 人间天堂：中国江南珍宝展
定价：610.0
ISBN：9780300273243
作者：Clarissa von Spee（史明理）
版次：1
出版时间：2024-01

内容提要：

书名：China's Southern Paradise: Treasures from the Lower Yangzi Delta / 人间天堂：中国江南珍宝展

作者：Clarissa von Spee

出版：Yale University Press ，2024

装帧：精装，432页

语种：英语

尺寸：29.7*24.4 cm

 

 

《人间天堂：中国江南珍宝展》是西方世界首部系统研究该地区艺术创作与文化影响的学术出版物。这片被誉为"江南"的土地坐落于长江入海口南翼，在漫长的历史长河中始终是中国最富庶、人口最稠密的鱼米之乡。数千年来，这里不仅是农业文明的典范，更是商贸网络的核心与艺术创新的源泉。以杭州、苏州、南京等名城为珠玑，以星罗棋布的河湖山色为画卷，江南艺术构筑了世界认知中国传统文化的视觉范式。

 

这部432页的豪华图录由国际知名学者团队执笔，开篇系列专题论文涵盖江南诗韵、区域经济、丝绸工艺、青瓷发展、山水画流变、套色版画与市井文化、佛教艺术及园林美学等多元议题。全书分六大主题章节，呈现从新石器时代至18世纪的逾200件珍品，材质囊括玉器、丝绸、版画、书画、陶瓷、漆器与竹刻等。在主编司美茵的统筹下，通过学术论述与文物解读，系统阐释了江南如何确立其在中国艺术史上的主导地位，并成为文化标准的制定者。

 

作为突破性的国际展览图录，本书创新性地将传世经典与首次面世的珍贵藏品并置研究，展品来源遍及欧美、中日等地的公私收藏机构。既聚焦标志性艺术作品，亦发掘未公开的学术新材料，为江南文化研究树立了全新标杆。

 

China’s Southern Paradise: Treasures from the Lower Yangzi Delta is the first publication in the West that focuses on the artistic production and cultural impact of this region of China. Also called Jiangnan, it is located in the coastal area south of the Yangzi River that has throughout large parts of its history been one of China’s most wealthy, populous, and fertile regions. For millennia it has been an area of rich agriculture, extensive trade, and influential artistic production. Art from Jiangnan—home to such great cities as Hangzhou, Suzhou, and Nanjing, as well as to hilly picturesque landscapes stretched along rivers and lakes—has largely defined the image of traditional China for the world.

 

The lavishly 432-page illustrated catalogue includes introductory essays by internationally renowned scholars covering such topics as Jiangnan in poetry, the region’s economy, silk production, southern green stoneware, landscape painting, color print production and urban culture, Buddhism, and garden culture. The book presents six thematic sections and features more than 200 objects from Neolithic times to the 18th century ranging in media from jade, silk, prints, and paintings to porcelain, lacquer, and bamboo carvings. Edited by Clarissa von Spee, the essays and object entries illustrate and discuss how this region gained a leading role in China’s artistic production and how Jiangnan succeeded in setting cultural standards. Taking this new approach, the international exhibition catalogue highlights iconic works of art as well as new, previously unpublished material, from private and public collections in the United States, Europe, China, and Japan.