Author: Zhang Anzhi
Language: English
ISBN/ISSN: 7119030426
2002; Paperback;145*210mm;242 pages with paintings

Chinese painting has a history of at least five thousand years. It possesses a national characteristic unique to China, a characteristic resulting from the presence of certain objective conditions that underlay the development of Chinese culture itself.
The purpose of this book is to introduce the salient points, as well as the development, of Chinese painting, based principally upon newly discovered as well as traditional materials, plus written documents of importance. Only important, representative painters, their lives and works will be presented.
Murals and scrolls are the main forms of painting discussed in this book.

Table of Contents

Table of Contents

Chapter I The Origin of Chinese Painting
Chapter II Shang
               Zhou
               Warring States
Chapter III Qin
                Han
Chapter IV Three Kingdoms
                 Western Jin
                 Eastern Jin and Sixteen States
                 Southern and Northern Dynamics
Chapter V Sui
                Tang
Chapter VI Five Dynamics
                 Ten States
Chapter VII Northern Song
                  Southern Song
                  Liao
                  Western Xia
                  Jin
Chapter VIII Yuan
Chapter IX Ming
Chapter X Qing
                Modern Period
Chapter XI Contemporary Period