The Tree of Western Painting -- The Art Tree Series

Author: Li Lei (Compiler)
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Publish Date: 2004-10-01
Features: This book is part of an art series, focusing on Western painting. It begins with five parts—root, trunk, branches, leaves, and flowers—to explain the origins, development, media used, forms presented, famous painters, and representative works of Western painting in an accessible manner. The target readers are art enthusiasts and professionals, with the aim of providing a clear understanding of Western painting, artists, and renowned artworks through popular language and an illustrative "tree" structure. Although many popular art books have been published, this one does not merely summarize the evolution of painting art from the perspective of art history. Instead, it combines the vertical development of art with introductions to different media such as oil painting, printmaking, watercolor, and sketching, enabling ordinary readers to gain a deeper understanding of Western painting art.