Bai Shi Atlas

Author: Chen Jinzhang
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Publication Date: 2001-05-01
Features: The types of flora-fauna rocks and garden rocks are abundant, with common examples including quartzite, Taihu stone, and waxy stone. They possess extraordinary shapes and rich colors, showcasing distinct regional characteristics and styles. Landscape designers condense the essence of mountain rocks' divine beauty and integrate them into serene gardens, revealing the soul of garden art. Chinese painters, on the other hand, recreate their essence on paper using ink and brush techniques, pioneering new forms and schools of painting, truly demonstrating the beauty of "diverse methods leading to the same goal." The beauty of garden mountain rocks lies in their naturalness, free from artificial carving—whether winding and meandering, majestic and layered, or towering and rugged, their craftsmanship is miraculous, and their transformations are endless. Over the generations, renowned masters have held a special fondness for stone mountains. In their works, the flora-fauna rocks exhibit countless poses, lifelike and vivid, with skillful brushwork that carries the essence of art, remaining timeless. This collection of flora-fauna rocks and garden rocks includes modern observational techniques, as well as copies of masterpieces by Qing Dynasty painters Wu Changshuo, Ren Boren, and Ba Shanman, among others. These recreations of nature's mountain rocks and the brushwork techniques of famous stone painters offer readers subtle inspiration, encouraging them to think beyond the examples presented. As the ancients said, "Rocks from distant mountains can polish jade."