Estetika Dalekog istoka

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Napisao sam jedan tekst koji se bavi mangama (izaći će na UPPS-ovom sajtu), pa sam tu dotakao neke opšte kulturne i estetske probleme i, između ostalog, citirao sledeći tekst prof. Dušana Pajina, čoveka koji je izuzetno uticao na moju odluku da usmerim veći deo svoje pažnje na Daleki istok:

INTRODUCTION TO CHINESE ART AND AESTHETICS

- Through differences and opposites                                         

             

         On one occasion an art student asked: Is there a history of Chinese art? When I watch Chinese art all pieces seem to me all alike. Did Chinese art develop and produce various styles during its history?

         Yes, it did, I said. The history of Chinese art is very long and rich. However, instead of attending  a long and specialized  course, there is a more simple way to reach a primary understanding of some main differences present in Chinese art.  When you meet Chinese people, in  the beginning  they all seem to you very much alike (boldovao ja), as if they were each others' relatives. After a while you begin to notice differences. Finally, after some time, they look to you quite different individually, just like Europeans. Now I will help you to notice and understand differences in Chinese art - without having to go through the long history of Chinese art - just by pinpointing the differences and opposites, which I will set up in pairs: large and small, full and empty, etc.

         So when you encounter a piece of Chinese art, you will know that beside being typically "Chinese" there are varieties and different examples that can belong to the opposite extreme. Also, you will understand that in Chinese art there is no "essence" related to one of those extremes, because  quite different examples also exist. After that, Chinese art for you will not be "all alike" as if it were made up of various copies of the same mold.

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Šta vi mislite? Da li vi imate takva iskustva, tipa "sve ovo (mange, građevine, itd.) mi izgleda isto"? (Osim Aleksa, za koga znam da je tako.) 

[Alex]

Nemoj tako, ja sam odrastao uz Šang Čija i Brus Lija.

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Хех мени је био за мало блам кад нисам видео колегиницу Црнкињу јер нисам имао цвике и за мало рекао јој извинте сви сте ми слични. Срећом, нисам се излануо.