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Author: Xu Zhimo
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Publish Date: 2002-09-01
Features: The series of "Contemporary and Modern Famous Artists' Travel Essays and Photography Treasures" presented to readers possesses a novel visual effect. This innovation is sufficient for us to boldly declare that the banner of a graphic era has been raised based on this substantial achievement. Of course, it is also old, and in the relationship between paintings and inscriptions in literati painting during the Ming and Qing dynasties, we can find a solid historical foundation. Reading images was once regarded as indicative of intellectual immaturity, emotional superficiality, and a restless heart. However, it is precisely in reading images that we discover an undimmed innocence, lingering interest, and lively sensibility. Graphic images differ from illustrations; in illustrated books, images serve as embellishments and are closely tied to the text. But for graphic books, the image stands alone as a system, resonating backward and forward. It is possessed by the text but repeatedly slips through its gaps, directly showcasing its light and color to the world, and attracting the text to reclaim it once more.