Chronology Entry
Year
1696
Text
Temple, William. Upon heroick virtue. [Of heroic virtue] [ID D26756].
Er schreibt : "Among us, the beauty of building and planting is placed chiefly in some certain proportions, symmetries, or uniformities; our walks and our trees ranged so as to answer one another, and at exact distances. The Chinese scorn this way of planting, and say, a boy that can tell a hundred, may plant walks of trees in straight lines, and over against one another, and to what length and extent he pleases. But their greatest reach of imagination is employed in contriving figures, where the beauty shall be great, and strike the eye, but without any order or disposition of parts that shall be commonly or easily observed: and though we have hardly any notion of this sort of beauty, yet they have a particular word to express it, and, where they find it hit the eye at first sight, they say the sharadge is fine and admirable, or any such expression ot esteem. And whoever observes the work upon the best Indian gowns, or the painting upon their best screens or porcelains, will find their beauty is all of this kind (that is) without order."
Yang Chi-ming : It is through his continued critique of Western modernity's copies that Temple in Of heroic virtue raises China to a 'native excellency of temper or gnius, transcending the common race of mankind in wisdom, goodness, and fortitude. Temple chooses to proceed by the 'effects and examples' of overlooked empire located in the 'remote regions of the worrld', with Confucius / China as the primary example, the furthest eastern extreme.
Er schreibt : "Among us, the beauty of building and planting is placed chiefly in some certain proportions, symmetries, or uniformities; our walks and our trees ranged so as to answer one another, and at exact distances. The Chinese scorn this way of planting, and say, a boy that can tell a hundred, may plant walks of trees in straight lines, and over against one another, and to what length and extent he pleases. But their greatest reach of imagination is employed in contriving figures, where the beauty shall be great, and strike the eye, but without any order or disposition of parts that shall be commonly or easily observed: and though we have hardly any notion of this sort of beauty, yet they have a particular word to express it, and, where they find it hit the eye at first sight, they say the sharadge is fine and admirable, or any such expression ot esteem. And whoever observes the work upon the best Indian gowns, or the painting upon their best screens or porcelains, will find their beauty is all of this kind (that is) without order."
Yang Chi-ming : It is through his continued critique of Western modernity's copies that Temple in Of heroic virtue raises China to a 'native excellency of temper or gnius, transcending the common race of mankind in wisdom, goodness, and fortitude. Temple chooses to proceed by the 'effects and examples' of overlooked empire located in the 'remote regions of the worrld', with Confucius / China as the primary example, the furthest eastern extreme.
Mentioned People (1)
Temple, William
(London 1628-1699 Moor Park, Surrey) : Staatsmann, Diplomat, Autor
Subjects
Art : General
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Literature : Occident : Great Britain
Documents (2)
| # | Year | Bibliographical Data | Type / Abbreviation | Linked Data |
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| 1 | 1973 |
Sullivan, Michael. The meeting of Eastern and Western art from the sixteenth century to the present day. (London : Thames and Hudson, 1973). [Rev. and expanded ed. (Berkeley, Calif. : University of California Press, 1989)]. https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_PMFwC1gP0BkC. [Enthält] : Some important dates in Far Eastern history since 1500. Japan: the first phase, c.1550-1850. China and European art, 1600-1800. Europe and Chinese art, 1600-1800. Japan: from the Meiji restoration of 1869 to the present day. The revolution in Chinese art. Europe and America: from 1850 to the present day. Some reflections on the East-West dialogue. S. 108. |
Publication / Sul6 |
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| 2 | 2002 | Yang, Chi-ming [Yang, Jiming]. Virtue's vogues : Eastern authenticity and the commodification of Chinese-ness on the 18th-century stage. In : Comparative literature studies ; vol. 39, no 4 (2002). | Publication / YangC1 |
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