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Literati Painting：A Genre Unique to Chinese Culture
Tuesday, March 17, 2015 | 6:30 - 8:30 PM
Poetry, held in the highest esteem in Chinese culture, is the most significant of the three components（poetry, calligraphy and painting）that make up the genre of the Literati Painting of China, which was created during the Song dynasty（960-1280）. Fusing pictographic glory, musical splendor and literary profundity, classical Chinese poetry takes Literati Painting to an enchanted garden of art and literature, a garden that has been treasured for centuries by the Chinese and the world.
This lecture focuses on the study of selected works by two towering masters of Literati Painting of the 20th century. An in-depth study of the nuances and underlying imageries and the exquisite musicality of their poems, as well as the refinement and beauty of their calligraphy and paintings, will enable participants to better understand Chinese culture and to heighten the pleasure of viewing Chinese artwork.
No previous knowledge of Chinese is required.
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About the Lecturer: Ben Wang is Senior Lecturer in Language and Humanities at China Institute, Co-Chair of the Renwen Society of China Institute, and Instructor of Chinese at the United Nations Language Program. An award-winning published translator, Ben Wang has taught and lectured on the Chinese language, calligraphy, and classical Chinese literature at Yale, Columbia, Barnard, Williams, U.C. Berkeley, the Smithsonian, the National Gallery of Art, Lincoln Center, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Seattle Art Museum, Museum of Fine Arts of Boston, ABC Nightline, the BBC, among other academic and cultural institutions. Ben Wang taught Chinese and translation at Columbia University and New York University between 1969 and 1991. | |
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