Fu Lei on Art

Author: Fu Lei
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Publish Date: 2002-05-01
Features: Fu Lei (1908-1966), a renowned Chinese literary and artistic translator, art critic, and commentator. His academic monograph Twenty Lectures on World Masterpieces of Art discusses the artistic styles of nearly twenty masters and their famous works since the Renaissance, integrating literature, music, philosophy, society, and the era, and enjoys high reputation among readers. The book includes over 90 color illustrations of world-famous paintings. In addition to selecting the monograph Twenty Lectures on World Masterpieces of Art, this book also reorganizes and compiles various writings on Chinese and Western art scattered elsewhere, editing them into three parts: "Art Critiques," "Truths from the Art World," and "Letters on Art." The letters mainly excerpt from 17 letters to Huang Binhong, 3 letters to Liu Kang, and 8 letters to his brother. "Art Critiques" also includes two lost essays. The book introduces art critiques, letters on art, truths from the art world, and Twenty Lectures on World Masterpieces of Art.