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Chinese Painting

Chinese Painting

Chinese Painting

3rd Edition
Ci Lin
September 2011
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Paperback
9780521186636
$22.99
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Paperback

    Traditional Chinese painting was fundamentally an abstract art form. Artists did not seek to represent direct copies of the natural world; rather, traditional Chinese paintings sought to portray the harmony between the natural world and human emotion, evoking ancient Chinese philosophy. From ancient scroll paintings to Buddhist grottoes to modern art, Lin Ci explores the history, theory and development of distinctive styles of Chinese painting, illustrated throughout with full color examples of these unique, treasured works of art.

    • An accessible introduction to the history and development of Chinese painting
    • Written by a Chinese expert whose work is not widely available outside of China
    • Full color illustrations support the discussion throughout

    Product details

    September 2011
    Paperback
    9780521186636
    174 pages
    230 × 156 × 10 mm
    0.32kg
    121 colour illus.
    Available

    Table of Contents

    • Preface
    • 1. From Gu Kaizhi to Wu Daozi
    • 2. Desert treasures
    • 3. Lucid mountains and remote streams
    • 4. Scholar paintings
    • 5. Modern Chinese paintings
    • Appendix: chronological table of the Chinese dynasties.
      Author
    • Ci Lin

      Lin Ci completed his postgraduate studies at the Zhejiang Academy of Art and the China Art Research Institute. A research fellow with the China Art Research Institute specializing in art history and visual arts, Lin has published widely on the subject of Chinese art and photography.

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