ANOTAÇÕES SOBRE PINTURAS FAMOSAS DE TODAS AS ÉPOCAS ,DE ZHANG YANYUAN：SELECÇÕES COMENTADAS DO PRIMEIRO ROLO唐張彥遠《歷代名畫記》第一卷要譯及小評
The article by Giorgio Sinedino presents an annotated translation of the first “discourse” (*xu*) of the first scroll of Zhang Yanyuan’s *Record of Famous Paintings of All Ages* (*Lidai Minghua Ji*), a foundational work of pictorial criticism from the Tang dynasty. The central contribution lies in f...
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| Published in: | Review of Culture |
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Instituto Cultural de Macau
2016
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| Online Access: | https://www.icm.gov.mo/rc/viewer/pdfViewerParts/40051/2253 |
| Summary: | The article by Giorgio Sinedino presents an annotated translation of the first “discourse” (*xu*) of the first scroll of Zhang Yanyuan’s *Record of Famous Paintings of All Ages* (*Lidai Minghua Ji*), a foundational work of pictorial criticism from the Tang dynasty. The central contribution lies in framing Zhang’s thesis that painting should be understood as a dimension of the Confucian “canon”: not a mere craft or artisanship, but a form of knowledge capable of participating in moral and political indoctrination, supporting the ordering of social relations, and, by extension, occupying a place equivalent to that of the *Six Classics*. Methodologically, the work combines a full translation of selections from the first scroll with editorial commentaries that guide the reader toward the presuppositions of the Chinese argument, pointing out possible distortions, biases, and singularities of perspective. Zhang’s ideas are interpreted less as an autonomous theoretical innovation and more as a representative synthesis of the intellectual consensus among Confucian circles favorable to painting. As a result, the publication offers not only an initial textual and terminological access to the work, but also a key to understanding the social and historical function of painting in its early stages, within a context of political fragmentation and reconfiguration of the prestige of the arts among literate elites. |
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| ISSN: | 1682-1106 |