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Chinese Paintings at the National Library

Chinese Paintings at the National Library Walter Benjamin Translated by Briankle G. Chang Translator’s Preface It is not necessary to be able to read something in order to appreciate it. — Maxwell Hearn Benjamin wrote “Peintures chinoises à la Bibliothèque Nationale” (“Chi- nese Paintings at the National Library”) in late  after visiting an exhibit in Paris, where he was living in exile. It was published in January  in Europe: Revue littéraire mensuelle (a monthly literary magazine founded in by Romain Rolland and his circle; Benjamin ). In this short review essay, Benjamin mentions a few ideas that, as he rightly suggested, are cen- tral to the art of painting in China, including xieyi 寫意 (painting of ideas, peinture d’idée) and “ink games,” a term he borrowed from the Chinese positions :  ./- Copyright  by Duke University Press Downloaded from https://read.dukeupress.edu/positions/article-pdf/26/1/185/519330/0260185.pdf by DEEPDYVE INC user on 22 August 2019 positions 26:1 February 2018 186 scholar Lin Yutang. It may be helpful to briey discuss these two related ideas before trying to learn what Benjamin had in mind when he wrote the piece. In the Chinese tradition, viewing a painting is often described by the term duhua 讀畫 (to read a painting). The http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png positions Duke University Press

Chinese Paintings at the National Library

Benjamin, Walter
positions , Volume 26 (1) – Feb 1, 2018
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Walter Benjamin Translated by Briankle G. Chang Translator’s Preface It is not necessary to be able to read something in order to appreciate it. — Maxwell Hearn Benjamin wrote “Peintures chinoises à la Bibliothèque Nationale” (“Chi- nese Paintings at the National Library”) in late  after visiting an exhibit in Paris, where he was living in exile. It was published in January  in Europe: Revue littéraire mensuelle (a monthly literary magazine founded in by Romain Rolland and his circle; Benjamin ). In this short review essay, Benjamin mentions a few ideas that, as he rightly suggested, are cen- tral to the art of painting in China, including xieyi 寫意 (painting of ideas, peinture d’idée) and “ink games,” a term he borrowed from the Chinese positions :  ./- Copyright  by Duke University Press Downloaded from https://read.dukeupress.edu/positions/article-pdf/26/1/185/519330/0260185.pdf by DEEPDYVE INC user on 22 August 2019 positions 26:1 February 2018 186 scholar Lin Yutang. It may be helpful to briey discuss these two related ideas before trying to learn what Benjamin had in mind when he wrote the piece. In the Chinese tradition, viewing a painting is often described by the term duhua 讀畫 (to read a painting). The

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