Ding Ning

Ding Ning was born in 1960 in Ningbo, Zhejiang. He is a professor and doctoral supervisor at the School of Arts, Peking University. He received his doctorate in literature from Beijing Normal University in 1988 and has conducted research at the University of Essex in the UK and at Harvard University. His main fields are art theory, art psychology, and Western art history. His writing combines scholarly depth with readability, grounding theoretical questions in specific works and experiences of viewing. His books include theoretical studies such as The Dimension of Reception, Art Psychology, and The Dimension of Duration, as well as general works such as Fifteen Lectures on Western Art History, Western Art History, and Western Art That Moves the Soul. He has also published Image Splendor: Cultural Dimensions of Visual Art and research on Chinese painting theory, exerting a wide influence in art history education and the popularization of art.