Chinese Painting (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780521186636)

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.

Author: CI Lin
ISBN-10: 0521186633
ISBN-13: 9780521186636
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 08/25/2011
Pages: 174
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.69lbs
Size: 8.97h x 6.19w x 0.35d