Art Garden Appreciation: Yan Fang Pingshen (Hardcover)

Author: Tong Yanfang
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Publish Date: 2006-05-01
Features: This book is a collection of appreciative essays by the renowned calligrapher and seal carver Tong Yanfang, which were published in the "Yeguang Bei" column of the Xinmin Evening News. The artworks featured are all collected by the author, including calligraphy, painting, seals, and rubbings. They encompass Ming Dynasty masters such as Dong Qichang, Wen Zhengming, and Zhang Ruitu, as well as Qing Dynasty figures like Yi Bingshou, known as the "Lishu ren" (master of clerical script), Liu Yong, the "Nongmo Zai" (master of thick ink), Wang Wenzhi, the "Momo Tanhua" (master of deep ink), and the "Eight Eccentrics of Yangzhou," including Jin Nong and Luo Pin. From the "Eight Masters of Xiling," there are Ding Jing, Huang Yi, Chen Hongshou, Jiang Ren, Zhao Zhichen, and Xi Gang. The Qing Dynasty's master of epigraphical studies includes Ruan Yuan, Zhang Tingji, Deng Shiru, Bao Shichen, Yang Shoujing, and Yang Xian. The late Qing masters include Wu Changshuo, Zhao Ziqian, Xu Sangeng, Huang Shiling, Wang Tonghe, and Pu Hua. Modern and contemporary masters such as Wu Hufan, Lai Chusheng, and Tang Yun are also featured. Many of these masterpieces have never been publicly displayed before, and it is indeed a rare achievement to compile them into one volume. In hand, this book allows for appreciation, criticism, collection, and study—truly a blessing for the art world and its readers.