SEP 1997
VOLUME 28 - NUMBER 8
The Art of Sichuan Province
Kneeling figure
Probably from Guanghan county,
Sichuan province
Sanxingdui culture, late 13th century BCE
Serpentinite
The Art Institute of Chicago, 1950.671
New discoveries in the area of China's Sichuan province have yielded remarkable materials important for furthering our knowledge of its early sculptural tradition. The idea for an issue devoted to the art of Sichuan originated with Professor Wu Hung of the University of Chicago following a recent visit to museums and archaeological sites in the ares. The issue presents a series of papers that introduce new ideas on a wide range of themes within the field.
FEATURES
Liu Yang. Cliff Sculpture: Iconographic Innovations of Tang Daoist Art in Sichuan Province
Susan N. Erickson. Delicate and Lovely, Unique and Strange: Art of Sichuan Province, Second Century BCE to Third Century
Tang Changshou. Shiziwan Cliff Tomb No. 1Wu Hung. All About the Eyes: Two Groups of Sculptures from the Sanxingdui Culture
PREVIEWS & REVIEWS
Vanessa Clewes Salmon. Summer Auctions in London
Vanessa Clewes Salmon. Summer Fairs in London
INTERVIEWS
Interview with Bob Piccus
Valerie C. Doran. Visual History: A Portrait of Wilma Fairbank
NEWS
Vanessa Clewes Salmon, Margaret Tao and Claudia Brown. Gallery News
COMMENTARY
Alan Kennedy. Commentary: The Uses and Abuses of the Vetting Process
VOLUME 28 - NUMBER 8
The Art of Sichuan Province
Kneeling figure
Probably from Guanghan county,
Sichuan province
Sanxingdui culture, late 13th century BCE
Serpentinite
The Art Institute of Chicago, 1950.671
New discoveries in the area of China's Sichuan province have yielded remarkable materials important for furthering our knowledge of its early sculptural tradition. The idea for an issue devoted to the art of Sichuan originated with Professor Wu Hung of the University of Chicago following a recent visit to museums and archaeological sites in the ares. The issue presents a series of papers that introduce new ideas on a wide range of themes within the field.
FEATURES
Liu Yang. Cliff Sculpture: Iconographic Innovations of Tang Daoist Art in Sichuan Province
Susan N. Erickson. Delicate and Lovely, Unique and Strange: Art of Sichuan Province, Second Century BCE to Third Century
Tang Changshou. Shiziwan Cliff Tomb No. 1Wu Hung. All About the Eyes: Two Groups of Sculptures from the Sanxingdui Culture
PREVIEWS & REVIEWS
Vanessa Clewes Salmon. Summer Auctions in London
Vanessa Clewes Salmon. Summer Fairs in London
INTERVIEWS
Interview with Bob Piccus
Valerie C. Doran. Visual History: A Portrait of Wilma Fairbank
NEWS
Vanessa Clewes Salmon, Margaret Tao and Claudia Brown. Gallery News
COMMENTARY
Alan Kennedy. Commentary: The Uses and Abuses of the Vetting Process
VOLUME 28 - NUMBER 8
The Art of Sichuan Province
Kneeling figure
Probably from Guanghan county,
Sichuan province
Sanxingdui culture, late 13th century BCE
Serpentinite
The Art Institute of Chicago, 1950.671
New discoveries in the area of China's Sichuan province have yielded remarkable materials important for furthering our knowledge of its early sculptural tradition. The idea for an issue devoted to the art of Sichuan originated with Professor Wu Hung of the University of Chicago following a recent visit to museums and archaeological sites in the ares. The issue presents a series of papers that introduce new ideas on a wide range of themes within the field.
FEATURES
Liu Yang. Cliff Sculpture: Iconographic Innovations of Tang Daoist Art in Sichuan Province
Susan N. Erickson. Delicate and Lovely, Unique and Strange: Art of Sichuan Province, Second Century BCE to Third Century
Tang Changshou. Shiziwan Cliff Tomb No. 1Wu Hung. All About the Eyes: Two Groups of Sculptures from the Sanxingdui Culture
PREVIEWS & REVIEWS
Vanessa Clewes Salmon. Summer Auctions in London
Vanessa Clewes Salmon. Summer Fairs in London
INTERVIEWS
Interview with Bob Piccus
Valerie C. Doran. Visual History: A Portrait of Wilma Fairbank
NEWS
Vanessa Clewes Salmon, Margaret Tao and Claudia Brown. Gallery News
COMMENTARY
Alan Kennedy. Commentary: The Uses and Abuses of the Vetting Process
