Golden Peony

Author: Xulan
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Publish Date: 2006-09-01
Features: This book is a collection of essays by the author on the art of appreciating beauty, comprising 8 chapters. The first chapter, "The Fox's Chess Game," discusses the beauty of women during the Republican era; the seventh chapter, "Peony," explores the beauty of Ming-style furniture; and the last chapter, "My Private Visual Delight," examines the beauty of cinema. The remaining chapters delve into the beauty of painting art from both Eastern and Western perspectives. The author's prose is elegant, and his knowledge is extensive, offering unique insights into art. Each essay discusses beauty but does not start from it; instead, it analyzes the stories and philosophies hidden behind various forms of beauty from a humanistic perspective. Thus, it achieves the substance of art criticism without the dryness of it, providing readers with a refreshing and enjoyable experience of beauty.