The Art and Aesthetics of Form Selections from the History of Chinese Painting

by Yun-ru Ch'en, Yao-t'ing Wang (Editor)

Covers the following Why All the Seals on Old Paintings; How Old is Old; The Sui-T'ang Period and Before; The Five Dynasties and Sung Period; The Mongol Yuan Period; The Ming Dynasty and the Ch'ing Dynasty followed by a conclusion.

97 pages, Paperback

Published January 1, 2003

Reviews

[Ocean G · Rating 4 out of 5]

I always hesitate to read museum books, since they often tend to be essentially a collection of photos of exhibits, with basically a short description taken from the one in the exhibit itself and that's it.

However, I found this short book to be excellent as a primer into China's history of art. The examples all illustrated clearly the general narrative, which was basically about the progression of art history throughout the dynasties.

4.5 stars for now. Might change it to 5.

[Shadowzzz3 · Rating 4 out of 5]

Very short yet actually somewhat interesting! I picked it up more for the art than the text, but this would be a handy little guide to Chinese art, especially as an introduction to different periods of the past.