Language: English
ISBN/ISSN: 7119030426
Published on: 2002-01
Paperback
【Introduction】
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.
【Main 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
