“An Expression of the Poetic Self”: Yuefeng Wu on the Stele Inscription of the Jiu-Cheng Palace

02/01/22 • 11 min

In the Foreground: Conversations on Art & Writing

The Jiu-Cheng Palace Stele inscription, created in China in 632, during the early Tang dynasty, is an influential work of Chinese calligraphy that embodies a skillful balance between liminality and tranquil harmony.

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Caitlin Woolsey (host)

Join us for an immersive personal encounter with a single work of art as seen through the eyes of an art historian. You're listening to In the Foreground: Object Studies, a podcast series from the Research and Academic Program at the Clark Art Institute.

In this episode, Wu Yuefeng, a graduate student in the Williams Graduate Program in the History of Art, discusses a work of calligraphy that dates to the early Tang Dynasty in Chin