Illustrated Dictionary of Techniques of Famous Painters in Chinese Painting Through the Ages. Volume on Figures

Author: Lu Fushi
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Publish Date: 2003-08-01
Features: In the world, perhaps no other form of painting possesses a set of inherited, systematic yet flexible and diverse schematic norms as Chinese painting does. Neither the illustrious masters nor the countless students can bypass these schematic norms to achieve success. It can be said that the renowned Chinese painting masters of each generation are both creators and inheritors of these schematic norms. It is precisely the perfect combination of inheritance and creation that has earned them a meaningful place in the long history of Chinese painting development. This book is the Characteristic Painting Techniques of Famous Chinese Painters of All Dynasties, featuring the character section, which selects thousands of representative works of character paintings by famous painters from the Han Dynasty to the present, reflecting the technical characteristics and the evolution of Chinese character painting.
Table of Contents:
1. Facial Hair Techniques (Scholar Class; Taoist and Buddhist Class; Riding and Archery Class; Fishing and Woodcutter Class)
2. Lady Techniques (Boudoir Beauty Class; Elderly Woman Class; Immortal and Buddha Class; Performer Class)
3. Child Techniques
4. Modern Character Techniques, etc.
Chinese painting teaching adopts a "apprenticeship" method distinct from the Western approach, training the next generation of Chinese painters through a path of "first copying then transforming, first accepting then understanding, first specializing then diversifying" to achieve the goal of "using methods to reach the Dao." This book introduces the character section of the Characteristic Painting Techniques of Famous Chinese Painters of All Dynasties in a form of illustrations and text.