The History and Aesthetic Appreciation of Chinese Painting

Author: Xue Yongnian
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Publish Date: 2000-07-01
Features: The author examines the history of Chinese painting from a broad perspective of Chinese culture through eleven chapters, including "Primitive Society Painting," "Xia, Shang, and Zhou Painting," "Qin and Han Painting," "Sui and Tang Painting," etc. The Chinese painting discussed in this book mainly refers to traditional Chinese painting, but also involves modern Chinese painting, with scrolls and murals as the two main categories. Other painting genres (such as printmaking, oil painting, etc.) are only briefly mentioned.