The largest publishing project of artistic ancient books and documents in history has been launched, which can be called the "artistic "Sikuquanshu""
After nearly two years of preparation, the largest ever census, classification, compilation and publication project of ancient art books, "Chinese Art Documents Integration", was held in Beijing on the 29th. The project kick-off meeting and first editorial board meeting were held in Beijing.
"Chinese Art Document Integration" is a large-scale art ancient book document integration publishing project planned and implemented by Shanghai Painting and Calligraphy Publishing House. It was selected into the first batch of key publishing projects in the "National Ancient Books Work Plan 2021-2035" and the "14th Five-Year Plan" national key publication publication Planning projects. This project will use modern disciplinary concepts and technical means to conduct a comprehensive and systematic investigation of the ancient art documents that exist in my country, and try to establish a new Chinese art document system with a clear context and the integration of traditional documents and modern disciplines to fill in the large-scale collection of ancient Chinese art documents. The integrated literature results and gaps in the database provide a systematic and solid documentary foundation for the study of ancient art.
Taking over the appointment letter from Kan Ninghui, President of Century Publishing Group, An Pingqiu, a professor at Peking University, deputy leader of the National Ancient Books Compilation and Publishing Planning Leading Group, and honorary director of the National University Antiquities Committee, will serve as the chief editor of "Chinese Art Literature Collection". He talked about his recommendations for candidates to participate in the project, "In terms of publishing, we should establish a publishing working committee, with an editorial office under its jurisdiction, an advisory committee, and an editorial committee, all of which can play a role. The key to future work lies in organization and coordination, and giving full play to our strengths. "Come out" and put forward requirements for the project in terms of format, selection of titles, abstracts, specific persons in charge, and directory index. "We must strictly abide by academic standards, study and study during the compilation process, and start carefully and end well."
Kan Ninghui said that the "Chinese Art Documents Integration" project has Shanghai-style characteristics and century characteristics. Shanghai Century Publishing Group will fully support and ensure the advancement of the "Chinese Art Documents Integration" project, making it a key project for Shanghai to strive to create a peak for ancient book publishing.
At the first editorial board meeting of the project, Chen Zhenlian, vice chairman of the China Federation of Literary and Art Circles and professor at the School of Art of Zhejiang University, proposed that through the compilation of "Chinese Art Literature Collection", it is expected to establish an independent discipline system of art literature. Wang Lianqi, a research librarian at the Palace Museum, said that Shanghai Painting and Calligraphy Publishing House has done a lot of work in the field of art documents. The previously published "Complete Book of Chinese Painting and Calligraphy" is a commonly used source of art documents. Now it has created "Integrated Chinese Art Documents", which can be called "art-related". "Sikuquanshu". Fan Jingzhong, a professor at the China Academy of Art, talked about the importance of edition selection and abstract writing. He believed that “art history is one of the academic benchmarks of a country and a nation. Only when the research level of literature, history, philosophy and other disciplines reaches a certain level, art history can "Keep up", "Chinese Art Documentation Collection" is an important undertaking related to the future development of Chinese art history, and we must move forward step by step. Luo Shiping, Zhu Liangzhi, Chen Chiyu, Fu Jie, Xu Jun, Qi Xiaochun, Yang Zhigang, Du Zexun, Liu Shi, Cheng Zhangcan, Xu Xingwu, Yang Chunhua, Chen Hongyan, Shi Rui, Lu Wei, Yang Haizheng, Chen Zhiping, Zhang Qi, Sha Zhi Li and other participating experts and scholars provided suggestions on all aspects of the project.
