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From Neolithic painted petroglyphs, early paintings on silk, and landscapes by twelfth-century literati to the traditional handscrolls being produced today, Chinese painting has always had the power to enthrall. This magnificent book, written by a team of eminent international scholars, is the first to recount the history of Chinese painting over a span of some three thousand years. Drawing on museum collections, archives, and archaeological sites in China―including many resources never before available to Western scholars―as well as on collections in other countries, the authors present and analyze the very best examples of Chinese painting: more than 300 of them are reproduced here in color. Both accessible to the general reader and revelatory for the scholar, the book provides the most up-to-date and detailed history of China's pictorial art available today.In this book the authors rewrite the history of Chinese art wherever it is… Read More

As New Condition One Previous Owner Smoke Free Home No-one can help being moved by the incredible atmosphere Trevor Chamberlain manages to portray in his paintings. But maybe even more impressive (from a painter's perspective) is the masterly way he achieves this with what seems like a minimum of detail and what some would consider ordinary and mundane subject matter. Who else could find sprout pickers in Bedfordshire or early-birds at a car-boot sale in Hertford appealing – but with the right light, the clever use of composition and subtle use of colour, this artist does, making every one of his paintings such a joy to look at and a lesson in simplicity and freshness. All the paintings and drawings are being published for the first time, many accompanied by anecdotal notes. Barry Miles was born in Southampton and studied at Southampton College of Art where he gained his diploma in 1979. He worked in graphics and publishing for a number of years in conjunction with an equally successful career as a… Read More