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10%OFFSophia Suk-Mun Law - Reading Chinese Painting: Beyond Forms and Colors, A Comparative Approach to Art Appreciation - 9781602200241 - V9781602200241
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Reading Chinese Painting: Beyond Forms and Colors, A Comparative Approach to Art Appreciation

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Description for Reading Chinese Painting: Beyond Forms and Colors, A Comparative Approach to Art Appreciation Hardback. Originally published: Shanghai, China: Shanghai Press and Publishing Development Company, c2016. Num Pages: 160 pages, Over 80 Chinese paintings. BIC Classification: 1FPC; ACBP; AFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 268 x 18. Weight in Grams: 730.
With fascinating commentary and beautiful artwork this Chinese art history book is allows Westerners to better understand traditional Chinese painting. Applying a comparative approach to Chinese and Western art, this art book examines the characteristics of traditional Chinese art and analyses the distinction between figure painting and portraiture. It examines the scenery in Chinese landscape painting and the sense of poetry within the paintings of flowers and birds so that the reader comes to understand the unique essence of Chinese art and is gradually led towards the evanescent world of spiritual abstraction displayed in Chinese painting. ... Read more

Product Details

Publisher
Shanghai Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Number of Pages
168
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9781602200241
SKU
V9781602200241
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 15 to 20 working days
Ref
99-50

About Sophia Suk-Mun Law
Sophia LAW Sukmun (Luo Shumin) is an Associate Professor in the Department of Visual Studies of Lingnan University, Hong Kong where she teaches courses in the history of Chinese and Western art and art and community. In the 1980s she studied painting with the late master of the Lingnan School, Mr. Yang Shanshen with particular reference to the characteristics of ... Read more

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