{"id":7059,"date":"2021-01-05T04:26:36","date_gmt":"2021-01-05T04:26:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arthistory.hku.hk\/?p=7059"},"modified":"2021-06-09T10:33:22","modified_gmt":"2021-06-09T10:33:22","slug":"beauty-of-the-origin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arthistory.hku.hk\/index.php\/beauty-of-the-origin\/","title":{"rendered":"Chuang Shen: Beauty of the Origin"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 fusion-flex-container nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);background-position: center center;background-repeat: no-repeat;border-width: 0px 0px 0px 0px;border-color:#eae9e9;border-style:solid;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start\" style=\"max-width:1144px;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_3 1_3 fusion-flex-column\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\" style=\"background-position:left top;background-repeat:no-repeat;-webkit-background-size:cover;-moz-background-size:cover;-o-background-size:cover;background-size:cover;padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px;\"><div ><span class=\" fusion-imageframe imageframe-none imageframe-1 hover-type-none\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1921\" height=\"2560\" title=\"1998 chuang\" src=\"https:\/\/arthistory.hku.hk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/1998-chuang-scaled.jpg\" class=\"img-responsive wp-image-7061\" srcset=\"https:\/\/arthistory.hku.hk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/1998-chuang-200x267.jpg 200w, https:\/\/arthistory.hku.hk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/1998-chuang-400x533.jpg 400w, https:\/\/arthistory.hku.hk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/1998-chuang-600x800.jpg 600w, https:\/\/arthistory.hku.hk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/1998-chuang-800x1066.jpg 800w, https:\/\/arthistory.hku.hk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/1998-chuang-1200x1600.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/arthistory.hku.hk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/1998-chuang-scaled.jpg 1921w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/span><\/div><\/div><style type=\"text\/css\">.fusion-body .fusion-builder-column-0{width:33.333333333333% !important;margin-top : 0px;margin-bottom : 20px;}.fusion-builder-column-0 > .fusion-column-wrapper {padding-top : 0px !important;padding-right : 0px !important;margin-right : 5.76%;padding-bottom : 0px !important;padding-left : 0px !important;margin-left : 5.76%;}@media only screen and (max-width:1024px) {.fusion-body .fusion-builder-column-0{width:100% !important;order : 0;}.fusion-builder-column-0 > .fusion-column-wrapper {margin-right : 1.92%;margin-left : 1.92%;}}@media only screen and (max-width:640px) {.fusion-body .fusion-builder-column-0{width:100% !important;order : 0;}.fusion-builder-column-0 > .fusion-column-wrapper {margin-right : 1.92%;margin-left : 1.92%;}}<\/style><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-1 fusion_builder_column_2_3 2_3 fusion-flex-column\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\" style=\"background-position:left top;background-repeat:no-repeat;-webkit-background-size:cover;-moz-background-size:cover;-o-background-size:cover;background-size:cover;padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px;\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"><p>\u201cOn 9th December, 1998, the Department of Fine Arts hosted a grand banquet in celebration of its 20th anniversary\u2026When teacher Chuang and his wife entered the room, everybody, including former and current students, teachers, all rose and burst into a wild applause. It was an emotional moment.\u201d [1]<\/p>\n<p>Our first Department Head, Professor Chuang Shen \u838a\u7533 (1932-2000), is an internationally reputed scholar in the field of Chinese art history, and to many of our early alumni, a sincere and respectable teacher. Students of recent years may not have the chance to meet \u201cteacher Chuang\u201d in person, but they may get a glimpse of his legacy through various accounts written by his students, among which is an article by Anita Wong and Harold Mok, both alumni and once teachers at our Department. [2] (<a href=\"https:\/\/arthistory.hku.hk\/wuploads\/2021\/01\/2002-hkvayb-wong-mok-article-on-chuang.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">click to read the article<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\">[1] Anita Wong and Harold Mok, \u201cWhat is There in the Mountain? Plenty of Clouds are above the Hill: Art Historian Professor Chuang Shen\u201d in\u00a0<em>Hong Kong Visual Arts Yearbook 2000 <\/em><\/span><span style=\"color: #808080;\">(Hong Kong: Department of Fine Arts, CUHK, 2002), 24 .<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\">[2] We would like to acknowledge Hong Kong Visual Arts Yearbook\u300a\u9999\u6e2f\u8996\u89ba\u85dd\u8853\u5e74\u9451\u300b and Department of Fine Arts, The Chinese University of Hong Kong \u9999\u6e2f\u4e2d\u6587\u5927\u5b78\u85dd\u8853\u7cfb for granting us the permission to post this featured essay.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><style type=\"text\/css\">.fusion-body .fusion-builder-column-1{width:66.666666666667% !important;margin-top : 0px;margin-bottom : 20px;}.fusion-builder-column-1 > .fusion-column-wrapper {padding-top : 0px !important;padding-right : 0px !important;margin-right : 2.88%;padding-bottom : 0px !important;padding-left : 0px !important;margin-left : 2.88%;}@media only screen and 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