Essential terms of Chinese painting = Zhongguo hui hua ci hui lei bian / Maria Cheng, Tang Wai Hung, Eric Choy.
Essential terms of Chinese painting = 中國繪畫辭彙類編 Maria Cheng, Tang Wai Hung, Eric Choy.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cheng, Maria Po Suen, author.

Deng, Weixiong, author.

Choy, Eric, author.

Language:

Chinese

English

Subjects (All):

Painting, Chinese.

Painting, Chinese--Terminology.

Genre:

Terminology.

Dictionaries.

Physical Description:

ix, 435 pages : illustrations (some color), facsimiles ; 29 cm

Other Title:

Zhongguo hui hua ci hui lei bian

中國繪畫辭彙類編

Place of Publication:

Hong Kong : City University of Hong Kong Press, [2018]

Language Note:

Text in English; some text also in Chinese.

Summary:

"Essential Terms of Chinese Painting provides a comprehensive coverage of the broad spectrum of Chinese painting. Through an array of some 900 terms, it exhibits the history of Chinese culture, as interpreted by artists and portrayed in their work. In masterful detail, it describes not only the artistic implements and drawing styles, but also how these are influenced bu changing cultural considerations over time such as religion, philosophy, intellectual ideas, and political developments. From the broad view of how the change of dynasties affected painting trends in bot format and subject, to the smallest detail of the methods used to paint different styles of tree branches, this is a full compendium of the scope and depth of artwork from China." -- Provided by publisher

Contents:

Categories of painting

Painting theories

Connoisseurship and criticism

General painting techniques

Landscape painting

Bird-and-flower painting

Figure painting

Auspicious painting

Painting manuals

Implements and materials

Inscriptions and seals

Formats and mounting of painting

Dates of the major kingdoms and dynasties in Chinese history

Map of China.

Notes:

Includes indexes.

ISBN:

962937188X

9789629371883

OCLC:

1035510787