Maxwell K. Hearn

"Together the text and illustrations gradually reveal many of the major themes and characteristics of Chinese painting. To "read" these works is to enter a dialogue with the past. Slowly perusing a scroll or album, one shares an intimate experience that has been repeated over the centuries. And it is through such readings that meaning is gradually revealed."--BOOK JACKET.

How to Read Chinese Paintings

Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.)

Robert W. Bagley

Jenny F. So

Describes the Chinese Bronze Age, including the development of the Chinese state, writing, religion and architecture.

An Exhibition from the People's Republic of China

The Great Bronze Age of China

This book presents twelve major paintings by masters of the Ming-dynasty (1368-1644), Qing dynasty (1644-1911), and modern periods.

Chinese Paintings from the Collection of Marie-Hélène and Guy Weill

Cultivated Landscapes

Shi-yee Liu

Lin Yutang, a Modern Literatus : the Lin Yutang Family Collection of Chinese Painting and Calligraphy

Straddling East and West

Hui Wang

Wen Fong

Chin-Sung Chang

Wang Hui, the most celebrated painter of late-17th-century China, played a key role both in reinvigorating past traditions of landscape painting and in establishing the stylistic foundations for the imperially sponsored art of the Qing court. An artist of protean talent and immense ambition, Wang developed an all-embracing synthesis of historical landscape styles that constituted one of the greatest artistic innovations of late imperial China. This comprehensive study of the painter's career--the first published in English--features essays examining his life and achievement as well as his masterwork, the monumental scroll depicting the Kangxi emperor's Southern Inspection Tour. Twenty-seven of Wang Hui's paintings, drawn from the Metropolitan Museum and from museums in Beijing, Taipei, Shanghai, and Tokyo, are supplemented by a wealth of images ranging from ancient Chinese paintings to works by Wang's contemporaries.

The Art of Wang Hui (1632-1717)

Landscapes Clear and Radiant

Judith G. Smith

Guo li gu gong bo wu yuan

Papers Prepared for an International Symposium Organized by the Metropolitan Museum of Art in Conjunction with the Exhibition Splendors of Imperial China: Treasures from the National Palace Museum, Taipei

Arts of the Sung and Yüan

Modern Expressions

Chinese Art

"Among the twelve paintings presented here is the famed Riverbank, attributed to the tenth-century master Dong Yuan (active 930s-60s), one of the patriarchs of the scholarly Southern school of landscape painting. An essay by Wen C. Fong presents an in-depth stylistic analysis and contextual history of the painting. A physical analysis of the work is also included."--BOOK JACKET. "An extended essay by Maxwell K. Hearn examines all twelve paintings."--BOOK JACKET.

Chinese Painting from the C.C. Wang Family Collection

Along the Riverbank

The Ernest Erickson Collection in the Metropolitan Museum of Art

Ancient Chinese Art

Andrew Bolton

Harold Koda

Adam Geczy

Wong Kar Wai

John Galliano

Homay King

Mei Mei Rado

For centuries China has fueled the creative imagination and inspired fashion. This stunning publication explores the influence of Chinese art, film, and aesthetics on international fashion designers, including Christian Dior, Jean Paul Gaultier, Karl Lagerfeld, Alexander McQueen, and Yves Saint Laurent.

Through the Looking Glass

China

Maxwell K. Hearn

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