Chinese Masterpieces of Famous Paintings - Special Collector's Edition
——Strikingly Released
Esteemed Masters and Their Works —— A Collection of Renowned Artists and Their Masterpieces
This set of products is the complete collection of the "Famous Chinese Celebrities and Paintings" series recommended by Professor Wang Caigui.
Esteemed Masters and Their Works
Publisher: Inner Mongolia People's Publishing House
Binding: Special quality Xuan paper box, thread-bound genuine preservation edition
Format: Ancient-style six-fold format, 16-mo size
Volume Count: 5 volumes
Price per volume: 398 yuan, Complete set price: 1990 yuan
Ordering Website: Global Classic Reading Materials [http://www.djjcw.com]
Ordering Hotline: 400-6610-698
In the long development process of Chinese painting art, three world-famous painting categories have emerged: landscape, figure, and flower-and-bird paintings. Each has its own independent historical evolution, styles, schools, and masterpieces. To enable a wide range of painting enthusiasts and art workers to systematically and comprehensively understand the artistic achievements in each field of these major painting categories, our publishing house has specially invited experts in the history of Chinese art, art critics, as well as researchers from the three major painting categories. From the vast array of Chinese art works, they have carefully selected the most famous, representative masterpieces that have had the deepest influence on the development of subsequent artistic creations. These are accompanied by concise introductions and analyses, printed using the finest Luowen Xuan paper favored in the Qing Dynasty's calligraphy and painting circles, and printed according to the traditional Ming Dynasty woodblock water printing process. This results in the highest quality painting book currently available in the art world, receiving widespread acclaim from domestic and international art circles.
Starting from the pre-Qin and Han Dynasties up to the Song, Yuan, Ming, and Qing Dynasties, spanning the entire journey of Chinese art history, hundreds of masters and thousands of famous works encompass all the styles and schools of ancient Chinese painting. Top collections from dozens of domestic and international art galleries, museums, and private collectors.
Volume One: "Timeless Chinese Figure Painting"
Figure painting is the earliest category among the three major traditional Chinese painting subjects, marking the independence and maturity of Chinese painting art. Wu Daozi, revered as the "Sage of Painting," was a master of figure painting. The content of figure painting is diverse, covering historical paintings, genre paintings, portraits, and beauties paintings. Techniques include meticulous brushwork with color, plain ink sketches, splashed-ink freehand, etc. Masters like Gu Kaizhi, Zhang Sengyou, Yan Liben, Wu Daozi, Li Gonglin, Tang Yin, Qiu Ying, and Chen Hongshou left behind masterpieces that reflect the social appearance and customs of their respective eras. Beyond their unique artistic value, these works also possess historical and sociological documentary values unmatched by other painting genres.
Volume Two: "Timeless Chinese Calligraphy"
Through generations, true treasures of calligraphy have reached the pinnacle of Chinese calligraphy art. More than 300 calligraphy masters, over 500 timeless masterpieces. All styles including regular script, cursive script, seal script, clerical script are fully represented. Detailed commentary provided for each calligraphy master. Special quality Xuan paper, thread-bound 16-mo, 5-volume set, full-color printing.
Volume Three: "Timeless Chinese Flower-and-Bird Painting"
Flower-and-bird painting is the category among the three major ancient Chinese painting subjects most adept at expressing sentiments through objects and conveying emotions. Its contents include not only flowers and birds but also animals, fish, algae, trees, bamboo rocks, and even fruits and vegetables. Styles range from meticulously detailed gongbi flower-and-bird paintings to lively xieyi flower-and-bird paintings. The Four Gentlemen (plum, orchid, bamboo, chrysanthemum) are especially beloved by scholars, literati, and common people alike. From Emperor Huizong Zhao Ji to the "Eight Eccentrics of Yangzhou," Chinese flower-and-bird paintings, with their rich variety of painters, schools, and styles, as well as their complex and varied techniques, have earned the widest international praise for traditional Chinese painting, and are highly sought after by domestic and international art galleries, museums, various collecting institutions, and private collectors.
Volume Four: "Timeless Chinese Landscape Painting"
Landscape painting is the painting category among the three major ancient Chinese painting subjects that best represents Chinese philosophical thought and the aesthetics of Chinese painting. Over more than two thousand years from the Wei-Jin Southern and Northern Dynasties to the Yuan, Ming, and Qing Dynasties, various painting methods such as blue-green landscapes, ink-wash landscapes, and literati small scenes emerged. Notable masters include Zhan Ziqian from the Sui Dynasty, Li Sixun from the Tang Dynasty, Jing Hao, Guan Tong, Dong Yuan, Ju Ran from the Five Dynasties, Li Cheng, Fan Kuan from the Northern Song, the four masters of the Southern Song (Li Tang, Liu Songnian, Ma Yuan, Xia Gui), and the four masters of the Yuan Dynasty (Huang Gongwang, Wu Zhen, Ni Zan, Wang Meng). During the Ming Dynasty, Shen Zhou, Wen Zhengming, Tang Yin, and Qiu Ying were renowned, as was Dong Qichang during the Qing Dynasty. They created countless masterpieces that had an extremely profound impact on future generations of the art world.
Volume Five: "Timeless Chinese Famous Paintings"
In the long development process of Chinese painting art, three world-famous painting categories have emerged: landscape, figure, and flower-and-bird paintings. Each has its own independent historical evolution, styles, schools, and masterpieces. To enable a wide range of painting enthusiasts and art workers to systematically and comprehensively understand the artistic achievements in each field of these major painting categories, our publishing house has specially invited experts in the history of Chinese art, art critics, as well as researchers from the three major painting categories. From the vast array of Chinese art works, they have carefully selected the most famous, representative masterpieces that have had the deepest influence on the development of subsequent artistic creations. These are accompanied by concise introductions and analyses, printed using the finest Luowen Xuan paper favored in the Qing Dynasty's calligraphy and painting circles, and printed according to the traditional Ming Dynasty woodblock water printing process. This results in the highest quality painting book currently available in the art world, receiving widespread acclaim from domestic and international art circles.
Starting from the pre-Qin and Han Dynasties up to the Song, Yuan, Ming, and Qing Dynasties, spanning the entire journey of Chinese art history, hundreds of masters and thousands of famous works encompass all the styles and schools of ancient Chinese painting. Top collections from dozens of domestic and international art galleries, museums, and private collectors.
This set of products is the complete collection of the "Famous Chinese Celebrities and Paintings" series recommended by Professor Wang Caigui.
Esteemed Masters and Their Works
Publisher: Inner Mongolia People's Publishing House
Binding: Special quality Xuan paper box, thread-bound genuine preservation edition
Format: Ancient-style six-fold format, 16-mo size
Volume Count: 5 volumes
Each volume: 398 yuan, Complete set price: 1990 yuan
Ordering Website: Global Classic Reading Materials [http://www.djjcw.com]
Ordering Hotline: 400-6610-698