Rongbaozhai Painting Spectrum (52) -- Landscape and Flowers: Landscape and Flowers

Author: Wang Shishen
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Publish Date: 2002-05-01
Features: Traditional Chinese painting, with its unique artistic language, records the features of every historical era of the Chinese nation, reflecting and embodying our nation's aesthetic will and traditional thought. It stands in the world of art with its Eastern artistic characteristics, becoming a treasure of the world's cultural heritage. As contemporary people, we are fortunate and proud to inherit and enjoy such a precious cultural legacy. In the face of such immense wealth, it is also the responsibility of contemporary people to inherit and promote the outstanding parts of it, applying the old to the new. The series follows the basic thread of the history of ancient Chinese painting, establishing separate volumes around the content and themes, as well as the forms and genres of traditional painting. It focuses on compiling stylized works and masterpieces of typical painters, emphasizing technical features, artistic style, and exemplary effects. From a macro perspective, it grasps the overall structure and enriches the content of the series. It increases the number of volumes for painters, themes, and forms and genres that contemporary people enjoy and have aesthetic vitality. Artists and art theorists with rich teaching experience contribute necessary introductions. As far as possible, supplementary content is attached in accordance with the purpose of the exemplary works to bridge the gap between readers and the models.
The succession and dating of ancient works, as well as their authenticity and quality, are prominent academic issues that cannot be avoided when compiling this series. Based on the purpose of the exemplary works, we generally follow the established views. Here, we briefly outline the editorial work of the series and sincerely hope to continue to receive the attention and support of the readers. We aim to create conditions for more people to understand traditional Chinese painting art, allowing Rongbaozhai Huapu: Ancient Part to once again become the nourishment for the soil of national painting art, playing its role in promoting traditional spirit and creating Chinese paintings that meet the needs of the people and possess a sense of contemporary beauty.