Early Chinese texts on painting

Harvard University Press

1985

xii, 391 p., [8] p. of plates

Bibliography: p. [363]-378.

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Pre-T'ang interpretation and criticism -- T'ang criticism and art history -- Sung art history -- The landscape texts -- Sung literati theory and connoisseurship -- Yüan criticism and writings on special subjects.

For students of Chinese art and culture this anthology has proven invaluable since its initial publication in 1985. It collects important Chinese writings about painting, from the earliest examples through the fourteenth century, allowing readers to see how the art of this rich era was seen and understood in the artists' own times. Some of the texts in this treasury fall into the broad category of aesthetic theory; some describe specific techniques; some discuss the work of individual artists. The texts are presented in accurate and readable translations, and prefaced with artistic and historical background information to the formative periods of Chinese theory ind criticism. A glossary of terms and an appendix containing brief biographies of 270 artists ind critics add to the usefulness of this volume.

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