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How to Read Chinese Paintings
Language: en
Pages: 185
Authors: Maxwell K. Hearn
Categories: Art
Type: BOOK - Published: 2008 - Publisher: Metropolitan Museum of Art

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"Together the text and illustrations gradually reveal many of the major themes and characteristics of Chinese painting. To "read" these works is to enter a dial
Three Thousand Years of Chinese Painting
Language: en
Pages: 422
Authors: Richard M. Barnhart
Categories: Art
Type: BOOK - Published: 1997-01-01 - Publisher: Yale University Press

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Written by a team of eminent international scholars, this book is the first to recount the history of Chinese painting over a span of some 3000 years.
Chinese Painting Style
Language: en
Pages: 68
Authors: Jerome Silbergeld
Categories: Art
Type: BOOK - Published: 1982 - Publisher:

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Westerners seeking to appreciate and understand Chinese art have long felt the need of a fundamental book that explains both the technical means used by Chinese
Beyond Representation
Language: en
Pages: 571
Authors: Wen Fong
Categories: Calligraphy, Chinese
Type: BOOK - Published: 1992 - Publisher: Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Beyond Representation surveys Chinese painting and calligraphy from the eighth to the fourteenth century, a period during which Chinese society and artistic exp
Early Chinese Texts on Painting
Language: en
Pages: 415
Authors: Susan Bush
Categories: Art
Type: BOOK - Published: 2012-11-01 - Publisher: Hong Kong University Press

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For students of Chinese art and culture this anthology has proven invaluable since its initial publication in 1985. It collects important Chinese writings about