Chinese Art Books for Collection and Reference


The Aristocracy of Beauty                        M023
Plum, peach, michelia, rose......173 flowers vitalised in elaborate style with brief instructions.  Classical poems quoted combine the art with literature in a beautifully, romantic presentation.

31*22cm. 192pp. 173 full-colour illus.              Chinese / English              $88.00

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Paintings by Chao Shao-an                        M027
Chao Shao-an, the contemporary master of the Ling-Nan School, has inherited and expanded the traditional techniques, and brought the Ling-Nan School to a greater height of development.  All the paintings in this album are rare editions chosen by Mr. Chao himself.

31*31cm. 180pp. 177 colour plates.              Chinese / English             $288.00

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Painting by Yang Shen-sun                        M032
As a painter of the Ling-Nan School, Yang turned the corner of tradition and took a look into the 20th Century.  He approaches the various subjects with authority by using the new technique absorbed from Japanese and Western style.

31*31cm. 180pp. 170 full-colour illus.           Chinese / English            $288.00

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Ch'i Pai-shih's Paintings                             M046
Professor Wang discusses 50 paintings by the master Chi's Pai-shin from his own collection, introducing techniques of authentication and appreciation.

26*26cm. 124pp. 89 ;lates. 39 in colour.             Chinese / English           $128.00

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The Painting of Chi's Pai-shih                    M047
With a bold elegance and a graceful style, Ch'i is considered to be the embodiment of classicist rigidity.  he cleverly adds a Western style to the traditional painting in his unique way.  A real feast for the eyes!

31*22cm. 224pp. 320 full-colour.
Chinese edition.                                                Titles in Chinese / English         $128.00

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Kao-Feng: Collected Paintings                   M049
Mr. Kao captures the graceful beauty of horses as well as the people of and their lives in early Taiwan.  mr. Kao's simple and lively techniques will impress every art lover.

31*22cm. 120pp. 133 colour plates.
Chinese edition.                                               Titles in Chinese / English          $128.00

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Hsu Ku: Collected Paintings                       M050
Hsu, mysterious monk and independent, and great leader of the Hai-shan School, reveals the transcendent style and ingenious composition of his paintings in this exquisite collection.  Subjects include golden fish, plums, pine trees, flowers and birds, vegetables and fruit, etc.

30*22cm. 104pp. 27 B & W, 61 full colour illus. 1,900 worlds.
Chinese edition.                                              Titles in Chinese / English                $98.00

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Masters of Landscape paining:                  M058
Yuan Chiang & Yuan Yao
This book features twelve magnificent paintings of landscapes with pavilions and figures by the celebrated masters of the genre-father and son Yuan Chiang and Yuan Yao, of the Ching Dynasty.  Famous works such as Peach Blossom Spring, Seaside Cliffs, A Fang-Kung Palace and the Nine-Re-semblances Palace, among others, are comprehensively featured in fine detail, for a close look at their extraordinary brush technique.
28*21cm. 96pp. 56 colour plates.
Chinese edition.                                             Titles in Chinese / English                     $63.95
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Beautiful Women                                        M062
Paint ancient figures to make vivid artistic statements: the secret lies behind each portrayal of beautiful women.  Seek it for yourself with the aid fo more than 80 full-colour paintings!

30*21cm. 92pp. 86 full-colour illus.
4,000worlds.                                                     Chinese / English                                      $63.95

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The Wu School of Painting                        M067
Four Great masters of the Ming Dynasty-Shen Chou, Wen Cheng-ming, T'ang yin and Ch'iu Ying-developed an outstanding painting school, there by creating a glorious period of painting history.

31*22cm. 208pp. 190 colour plates.
61 black & white plates.
Chinese edition.                                                Titles in Chinese / English                          $128.00

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Early Ch'ing Painting:The Individualists M068 
Through the period from the late Ming to the early Ch'ing, there were a group of monks and painters like Kung Hsien, Mei Ching, Shih Tao and Pa Ta Shang Jen, who were seeking an alternative land in their minds.  Their diverse, uninhibited techniques created a painting style of individualism and had a great effect upon the Yang-Chou School as well as modern Chinese painting.

31*22cm. 168pp. 129 colour plates.
93 black & white plates.
Chinese edition.                                                  Titles in Chinese / English                        $128.00

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Early Ch'ing Painting:The "Orthodox" Masters   M069
Four Wangs, Wang Shih-min, Wang Chien, Wang Hui and Wang Yuan-chi, as well as two other artists, Wu Li and Yun Shou-ping, are commonly grouped together as the Six Great orthodox Masters of the early Ch'ing Dynasty.  Compared with contemporary paintings, their work is revealed as distinctly peerless.

31*22cm. 136pp. 107 colour plates
45 black & white plates.
Chinese edition.                                               Titles in Chinese / English                             $128.00

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Lingnan School Painting                              M070
Introduces famous masters of this Kuangtung-originated Lingnan School like Chu Lien, Chu Ch'ao, Kao Chien-ju, Kao Ch'i-feng, Ch'en Shu-jen, Chao Shao-ang, Yang Shan-ch'en, Ou Hao-nien, Huang Lei-sheng (Lui-sang Wong)with biographical sketches.

29&22cm. 144pp. 207 colour plates.
Chinese edition.                                                  Titles in Chinese/English                                $98.00

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Album Leaves of Master Painters            M071
Landscapes and figures by ten famous masters from the Ch'ing dynasty to modern masters like Ch'i Pai-shih and Huang Pin-hung

26*26cm. 136pp. 129 colour plates.
Chinese edition.                                                    Titles in Chinese/English                            $128.00

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