How to Read Chinese Paintings

How to Read Chinese Paintings
Author: Maxwell K. Hearn
Publisher: Metropolitan Museum of Art
Total Pages: 185
Release: 2008
Genre: Art
ISBN: 1588392813


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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 dialogue with the past. Slowly perusing a scroll or album, one shares an intimate experience that has been repeated over the centuries. And it is through such readings that meaning is gradually revealed."--BOOK JACKET.


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.
The Art Book of Chinese Paintings
Language: en
Pages: 450
Authors: Ming Deng
Categories: Painting, Chinese
Type: BOOK - Published: 2006 - Publisher:

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An introduction to a millennium's worth of Chinese paintings features 400 classical works by more than 240 artists that represent their different historical per
Chinese Painting
Language: en
Pages: 168
Authors: Mario Bussagli
Categories: Painting, Chinese
Type: BOOK - Published: 1969 - Publisher:

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From earliest times the delicate precision of Chinese painting has captivated Western art lovers. The sophisticated techniques, the evident love of nature and t
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