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A Story of Ruins: Presence and Absence in Chinese Art and Visual Culture
Wu Hung
Examines the changing significance of ruins as vehicles for cultural memory in Chinese art and visual culture from ancient times to the present. In this book, the author shows how the story of ruins in China is different from but connected to "ruin culture" in the West.
296 pages, 250 color illus.
| Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
| Released | July 22, 2012 |
| ISBN13 | 9780691155029 |
| Publishers | Princeton University Press |
| Pages | 296 |
| Dimensions | 190 × 251 × 25 mm · 1.13 kg |