Description

Immediate dispatch from Somerset. Nice older book in good condition. Pages in good condition. Very tanned and marked due to age. No notes or highlighting. See images. Fantastic book.

About the book >.>.> This is the definitive single-volume source book on its subject. A brilliantly translated anthology of writings it traces the development of Chinese art over a period of more than twenty centuries from the earliest literary reference to painting by Confucius to the writings of the master-artists of the 17th and 18th Centuries A.D. Dr. Lin Yutang’s selections cover every aspect of composition and include important essays on collecting connoisseurship the pricing and appraisal of paintings and calligraphy. The introduction provides a comprehensive survey of the subject and after each selection there is much background material. Many illustrations several charts.a table of dynasties a check list of over 200 artists and an index complete this indispensable reference work for collectors students and art- lovers generally. (LL)