National Art Museum of China (Full Four Volumes)

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Features: This book exhibits ingenious structural design, emphasizing a combination of breadth and depth. It comprehensively reflects the origins and development of rock paintings, painted pottery, silk paintings, murals, figure paintings, flower-and-bird paintings, landscape paintings, and linear paintings. It also highlights the masterpieces of renowned artists who hold significant positions in the history of Chinese painting. The book includes 828 works by 226 masters. Reading the text expands knowledge, while viewing the illustrations transports the mind. It is truly a "Museum of Famous Paintings," serving as an artistic sanctuary for enthusiasts of Chinese painting and general readers to broaden their knowledge, fulfill aesthetic needs, cultivate life interests, and refine their spirits.
The Museum of Famous Chinese Paintings showcases 828 masterpieces and introduces 226 painters, with 33 appreciations of national treasures. Organized within the framework of the conventional history of Chinese painting and centered on Chinese painting itself, it presents a wealth of high-quality, historically significant, and collectible traditional Chinese paintings to the readers. The book strives to clearly outline the vertical progression of the development of painting art, guiding readers in its beauty. Additionally, it incorporates siblings arts such as calligraphy, jade wares, ceramics, bronze wares, sculptures, architecture, and folk crafts, presented through illustrations or texts, to enhance.
The distinctive masterpieces' appreciations in this book meticulously depict the works with exquisite text, offering readers a feast of beauty.
The Museum of Famous Chinese Paintings narrates the evolution of Chinese painting from ancient times to the modern era through a combination of text and illustrations. The book is divided into 11 units, following the progression of Chinese painting history. From the rock paintings of antiquity and the murals and pottery paintings of the Neolithic era, to the silk and paper paintings of the Zhou, Qin, Han, Tang, Song, Yuan, Ming, and Qing dynasties, and finally to the coexistence and fusion of modern Chinese and Western paintings, the Chinese painting scene has seen countless heights and outstanding masters over thousands of years. In its development, it has formed a unique artistic style reflecting the personality of the Chinese nation, profoundly influencing the painting arts of other countries in East Asia and holding an extremely important position in the history of world art.