Human faces are unique biological structures that convey a complex variety of important social messages. Even strangers can tell things from our faces - our feelings, our locus of attention, something of what we are saying, our age, sex and ethnic group, whether they find us att…
Body and face in Chinese visual culture
by Wu Hung, Tsiang, Katherine R.
fromHarvard East Asian Monographs
"Traditionally the "Chinese body" was understood as a totality and explained by sweeping comparisons of the differences that distinguished Chinese examples from their western counterparts. Recently, scholars have argued that we must look at particular examples of Chinese images …
Body and face in Chinese visual culture
by Wu Hung, Tsiang, Katherine R.
fromHarvard East Asian Monographs
"Traditionally the "Chinese body" was understood as a totality and explained by sweeping comparisons of the differences that distinguished Chinese examples from their western counterparts. Recently, scholars have argued that we must look at particular examples of Chinese images …
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