Chinese Painting
Author(s): Lin Ci
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.
Product Information
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.
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.
General Fields
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- : Cambridge University Press
- : Cambridge University Press
- : 31 July 2011
- : 230mm X 156mm
- : 01 October 2011
- : books
Special Fields
- : Lin Ci
- : Paperback
- : 3rd edition
- : 182
- : 121 colour illus.
