Huang Jun School

Author: Kong Liuqing
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Publish Date: 2003-01-01
Features: This series selects 15 important, influential, and representative Chinese painting schools from the numerous existing schools, providing comprehensive and systematic discussions and evaluations. The time span covers over 1,000 years, from the Five Dynasties (907) to the modern era (1951), involving more than 1,200 painters, art theorists, and others. The subjects include landscape, flower-and-bird, and figure painting. Essentially, each school builds upon the foundations of predecessors, references nature, absorbs folk art, and incorporates the influence of foreign art. The emergence of each new school advances the development of Chinese painting art by one step. Therefore, in a certain sense, this series is a history of the evolution, transformation, and development of Chinese painting. It also offers some historical explanations for debates about Chinese painting, revealing the boundless vitality of Chinese painting.