Beyond Boundaries: Painting Re-inscriptions in the Fifteenth to Seventeenth Century China

• Published in: Arte, individuo y sociedad Vol. Avance en línea; no. 2; pp. 1 - 19
• Main Author: Wang, Wenxin
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Madrid Universidad Complutense de Madrid 01.05.2024
• Subjects: 15th century; 16th century; 17th century; boundaries of time of space; China; Inscriptions; literati painting; Painters; painting re-inscriptions; Spacetime; China

This paper explores the widespread practice of adding multiple inscriptions to a single artwork at different times in the fifteenth to seventeenth centuries China. Such practices became prominent when literati painters revisited artworks they had previously created or owned, or when paintings had ac...