Word and Image: Chinese Woodblock Prints: Recent Episodes
The Huntington
The late Ming witnessed an unprecedented production of woodblock images printed for many different purposes, including illustrations for drama and games, decorations for stationary paper or ink making, as well as pictorial works for the market. This symposium, organized in conjunction with the exhibition “Gardens, Art, and Commerce in ChineseWoodblock Prints,” on view at The Huntington from Sept. 17, 2016 to Jan. 9, 2017, will explore the relationship and interaction between image and text in woodblock prints during the late Ming and Qing periods. The symposium was held at The Huntington on Nov. 12, 2016.
June Li from The Huntington welcomes participants and attendees to “Word and Image: Chinese Woodblock Prints,” a symposium held at The Huntington Nov. 12, 2016.
Kai-Wing Chow from University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign delivers the keynote address for “Word and Image: Chinese Woodblock Prints,” a symposium held at The Huntington Nov. 12, 2016.
Meng-ching Ma from National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan, delivers a talk titled “Poetic Pictures in Late-Ming Illustrated Dramatic Publications.”
Part of “Word and Image: Chinese Woodblock Prints,” a symposium held at The Huntington Nov. 12, 2016.
Hu Jun from Northwestern University delivers a talk titled “The Swallow Messenger: Text and Image.”
Part of “Word and Image: Chinese Woodblock Prints,” a symposium held at The Huntington Nov. 12, 2016.
Suzanne E. Wright from University of Tennessee, Knoxville, delivers a talk titled “The Swallow Messenger: Text and Image.” Part of “Word and Image: Chinese Woodblock Prints,” a symposium held at The Huntington Nov. 12, 2016.
Part of “Word and Image: Chinese Woodblock Prints,” a symposium held at The Huntington Nov. 12, 2016.
Richard Strassberg from University of California, Los Angeles, delivers a talk titled “The Kangxi Emperor’s Thirty-Six Views: The Making of an Imperial Publication.”
Part of “Word and Image: Chinese Woodblock Prints,” a symposium held at The Huntington Nov. 12, 2016.