Mei's Journey (Illustrated Treasures Edition)

Author: Li Zehou
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Publishing Date: 2000-03-01
Features: Li Zehou's The Ode to Beauty is a must-read for researchers of aesthetics and art. From ancient totems to Ming and Qing dynasty novels, it provides a macroscopic overview of China's thousands of years of art and literature, offering a comprehensive description and aesthetic grasp. First published in 1981, the book has been reprinted many times, with over hundreds of thousands of copies in circulation. It has been translated into multiple languages, including English, German, Japanese, and Korean. This edition includes over 200 exquisite color illustrations, combining reading and appreciation, making it more convenient for readers to collect. The Ode to Beauty presents a macroscopic overview of China's thousands of years of art and literature, offering a comprehensive description and aesthetic grasp. It introduces important concepts such as the "drunken dance of dragons and phoenixes" in primitive and ancient art, the "fierce beauty" of Shang and Zhou bronze ware, the rationality of the pre-Qin era with the "Confucian and Daoist complementarity," the "romanticism" of Chu Ci, Han Fu, and Han dynasty stone reliefs, the "awakening of humanity" in the Wei and Jin period's artistic style, the Buddhist sculpture of the Six Dynasties, Tang, and Song dynasties, the landscape paintings of the Song dynasty, and the three distinct aesthetic categories of poetry, ci, and qu. The transformation of novels and operas from romance to melancholy to realism during the Ming and Qing dynasties. These ideas often reveal insights previously unexplored. First published in 1981, the book has been reprinted many times, with over hundreds of thousands of copies in circulation. It has been translated into multiple languages, including English, German, Japanese, and Korean. This edition includes over 200 exquisite color illustrations, combining reading and appreciation, making it more convenient for readers to collect.