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by Alison Stilwell Cameron
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ISBN: 048640708X Dover Publications Price: $24.95 |
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The first guide to unify the philosophical and imitative methods of instruction in the art of Chinese painting. The text explains the tools of the art and basic strokes and writing of Chinese characters before moving on to demonstrate the use of these strokes to represent trees, flowers, boats, rocks, insects, others.
Table of Contents for Chinese Painting Techniques
| PREFACE by James Cahill | |||||||
| ACKNOWLEDGMENTS | |||||||
| INTRODUCTION | |||||||
| 1. Materials and Equipment (Figs. 1-3) | |||||||
| 2. "Ink, Inkstone, and Brush (Figs. 4-12)" | |||||||
| 3. Painting Strokes (Figs. 13-32) | |||||||
| LESSON 1: Basic Strokes | |||||||
| LESSON 2: Charaters | |||||||
| 4. The Three Friends (Figs. 33-116) | |||||||
| "LESSON 1: Bamboo, Mo Ku Style" | |||||||
| "LESSON 2: Pine, Pai, Miao Style" | |||||||
| "LESSON 3: Plum, Ku Fa and Mo Ku Style" | |||||||
| LESSON 4: Composition | |||||||
| 5. Landscape Painting (Figs. 117-180) | |||||||
| LESSON 1: Trees | |||||||
| LESSON 2: Foliage | |||||||
| LESSON 3: Rocks and Other Land | |||||||
| LESSON 4: Figures and Animals | |||||||
| LESSON 5: Dwellings | |||||||
| LESSON 6: Boats | |||||||
| LESSON 7: Water | |||||||
| LESSON 8: Distant Hills and Mountains | |||||||
| LESSON 9: Landscape Composition | |||||||
| 6. Use of Color (Figs. 181-194) | |||||||
| 7. "Flowers, Birds, and Insects (Figs. 195-231)" | |||||||
| LESSON 1: Flowers | |||||||
| LESSON 2: Birds | |||||||
| LESSON 3: Insects | |||||||
| 8. Human Figures (Figs. 232-249) | |||||||
| 9. Mounting Process (Figs. 250-255) | |||||||
| BIBLIOGRAPHY | |||||||
| INDEX |