This book discusses how Chinäs transformations in the last century have shaped its arts and its
philosophical aesthetics. For instance how have political economic and cultural changes
shaped its aesthetic developments? Further how have its long-standing beliefs and traditions
clashed with modernizing desires and forces and how have these changes materialized in
artistic manifestations? In addition to answering these questions this book also brings
Chinese philosophical concepts on aesthetics into dialogue with those of the West making an
important contribution to the fields of art comparative aesthetics and philosophy.
