Dragon Dance: A Treasury of Calligraphy by Famous Figures Throughout Chinese History

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Features: The book contains 3,500 illustrations, 500,000 words of text, and a total of 920 pages, in an international standard large octavo format (420×290mm). Printed in color on 128g matte paper, it weighs 8 kilograms.
"The Dance of the Dragon—Great Yellow Volume of Calligraphy Masterpieces by Famous Figures in Chinese History" is currently the largest-scale, most comprehensive collection, and most beautifully produced calligraphy masterpiece in China. It includes works ranging from oracle bone script of the Shang Dynasty to the masterpieces of modern and contemporary celebrities. The book is divided into 12 historical periods in chronological order of Chinese history: Shang and Zhou, Qin and Han, Three Kingdoms, Southern and Northern Dynasties, Sui, Tang, Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms, Song, Jin and Yuan, Ming, Qing, and Modern Times. All works are arranged according to the lifespan or creation time of the authors, with textual descriptions generally including introductions to the authors and the works. For some content where (research) is impossible, only one aspect is retained.