Chinese Painting

An illustrated introduction to the history, theory and development of distinctive styles of Chinese painting from ancient to modern times.

Ci Lin (Author)

9780521186636, Cambridge University Press

Paperback, published 25 August 2011

174 pages, 121 colour illus.
23 x 15.6 x 1 cm, 0.32 kg

Traditional Chinese painting was fundamentally an abstract art form. Artists did not seek to represent direct copies of the natural world; rather, traditional Chinese paintings sought to portray the harmony between the natural world and human emotion, evoking ancient Chinese philosophy. From ancient scroll paintings to Buddhist grottoes to modern art, Lin Ci explores the history, theory and development of distinctive styles of Chinese painting, illustrated throughout with full color examples of these unique, treasured works of art.

Preface
1. From Gu Kaizhi to Wu Daozi
2. Desert treasures
3. Lucid mountains and remote streams
4. Scholar paintings
5. Modern Chinese paintings
Appendix: chronological table of the Chinese dynasties.

Subject Areas: Cultural studies [JFC], Painting & paintings [AFC]