Scholars rock
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In China, rocks are often used as objects of contemplation. Named "Scholar's Rocks," they are found objects, prized for their beauty, unique forms, as well as their representational qualities—the ability to suggest figure; their wrinkling, a suggestion of age or texture; moisture, a suggestion of tactility. The creative act here lies not in shaping the rock, but in recognizing its meaning and amplifying it by changing its context from field to table.
The world within a world is a consistent theme in Asian art. The idea of a space or cosmos floating within another form is often seen in Chinese landscape painting. As the sculptor and cyber artist Richard Rosenblum (American artist, 1940-2000) has noted, "Cyberspace itself has the ability to take us into microcosmic worlds that become whole entities in themselves, new aesthetic experiences."
See Also
- Software License
- Ritual Objects
- Scholar's Rock
- Architecture
- Object Oriented Programming
