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Inspired by the wonderful objects that have punctuated his long career as a scholar and expert in Chinese antiques, Marcus Flacks melds the intricacies and idiosyncrasies of a Western aesthetic education with a lifetime spent in the study and appreciation of China’s literati culture. The result is a richly textured fictional world populated by beleaguered courtiers, reclusive scholars and other-worldly creatures. Reality and fable, antiquity and modernity and Chinese and Western thought and aesthetics combine in a heady mixture that offers the modern reader a multitude of delights, surprises and opportunities for reflection. An inspired selection of images, ranging from Roman statues and Renaissance paintings to early Western photography, provides a beguiling visual context for these singular tales.
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The Cloud Collector, Marcus Flacks
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- Année de publication
- 2021
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- Titre
- The Cloud Collector
- Langue
- Anglais
- Auteurs
- Marcus Flacks
- Éditeur
- Sylph Editions
- Publié
- 2021
- Format
- rigide
- Pages
- 296
- ISBN10
- 190963137X
- ISBN13
- 9781909631373
- Séries
- Mots clés
- Fiction
- Description
- Inspired by the wonderful objects that have punctuated his long career as a scholar and expert in Chinese antiques, Marcus Flacks melds the intricacies and idiosyncrasies of a Western aesthetic education with a lifetime spent in the study and appreciation of China’s literati culture. The result is a richly textured fictional world populated by beleaguered courtiers, reclusive scholars and other-worldly creatures. Reality and fable, antiquity and modernity and Chinese and Western thought and aesthetics combine in a heady mixture that offers the modern reader a multitude of delights, surprises and opportunities for reflection. An inspired selection of images, ranging from Roman statues and Renaissance paintings to early Western photography, provides a beguiling visual context for these singular tales.