Paintings of Jin, Tang, Song and Ming Dynasties · Mountains and Waters, Towers and Pavilions

Author: Jin Weidong
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Publish Date: 2004-11-01
Features: Co-published by Shanghai Scientific and Technical Publishers and The Commercial Press Hong Kong, printed by Hong Kong Changming Company, and fine-printed by Shenzhen Zhonghua Commercial Press. The printing is exceptionally exquisite. It is supported by eight distinguished consultants including Qi Gong, Wang Shixiang, Li Xueqin, and twenty authoritative members of the editorial committee such as Liu Jiuan, Geng Baochang, Yang Boba, Shan Guoqiang, and Xu Bangda. The book is edited by Yang Xin, President of the Palace Museum, and is presented in a large 16K deluxe full-color hardcover with an elegant dust jacket. This book is an excellent choice for collection, appreciation, and gifting. It compiles fifty-eight exquisite landscape and pavilion paintings from the Sui, Five Dynasties, and Song dynasties held by the Palace Museum in Beijing, outlining the general development of early Chinese landscape and pavilion paintings. It aims to allow readers to more authentically experience the national cultural spirit embedded within through a direct visual experience.