Dai Dунбэн's Illustrated Tang and Song Poetry (Color Illustrations)

Author: Dai Dunbang
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Publish Date: 2002-05-01
Features: This art collection specially enlarges and displays the details of its figure paintings. The book contains both the artist's inspiration during the conception phase and the reflections evoked when exploring the depths of ancient emotions. It also includes anecdotes of the master applying colors and strokes. The collection features over 100 Chinese ink paintings created by Dai Dunbang based on Tang and Song Dynasty poetry and prose. Each plate is accompanied by a magnified detail and the artist's insights and reflections on the creation of the work, making it extremely popular. This collection compiles selected works of the author's intent to visualize Tang and Song poetry and prose over the past two decades, brought together and published. It also serves as a summary of the author's classical novel series painting creations and can be seen as a report to the readers and audiences who have consistently supported and cared about the author's work over the past fifty years. The author has always adhered to the principle of being faithful to the original works, especially when illustrating famous classics. This applies to classical novels as well as to Tang and Song poetry. Due to the profound and extensive imagery of Chinese poetry, it is not easy to accurately depict the entirety of the poetry through limited, concrete visuals.