The landscape painting of China and Japan / Hugo Munsterberg.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Munsterberg, Hugo, 1916-1995.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Landscape painting--China.

Landscape painting.

Landscape painting--Japan.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (325 p.)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Rutland, Vermont ; Tokyo, Japan : Charles E. Tuttle Company, 1955.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The Landscape Painting of China and Japan presents for the first time in English a full and lucid account of the remarkable art form which, as a distinct tradition in Oriental art, has come to be universally recognized as one of the greatest in the world. The author points out how essential it is to an understanding of the Orient when he says: ""In China alone, landscape painting has religious as well as philosophical significance...and in consequence is one of the great manifestations of the human spirit, as well as the most remarkable creation of the Chinese artistic genius."" And it was thi

Contents:

Cover; Copyright; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; Contents; LIST OF PLATES; 1. THE SPIRIT OF CHINESE LANDSCAPE PAINTING; 2. THE BEGINNINGS OF CHINESE LANDSCAPE PAINTING; 3. THE T'ANG PERIOD; 4. THE FIVE DYNASTIES AND EARLY SUNG PERIODS; 5. THE NORTHERN SUNG PERIOD; 6. THE SOUTHERN SUNG PERIOD; 7. THE YÜAN PERIOD; 8. THE MING PERIOD; 9. THE CH'ING PERIOD; 10. THE BEGINNINGS OF LANDSCAPE PAINTING IN JAPAN; 11. THE HEIAN AND KAMAKURA PERIODS; 12. THE MUROMACHI PERIOD; 13. THE MOMOYAMA PERIOD; 14. THE EDO PERIOD; 15. LANDSCAPE PAINTERS OF THE UKIYO-E SCHOOL; PLATES; NOTES; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX; Back Cover

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-4629-1312-1

OCLC:

880412643