Description
Book SynopsisFor more than three decades, Wang Wusheng has been captivated by the beauty of Mount Huangshan, also known as the Yellow Mountains. Located in the southern part of the Anhui province in northern China, Mount Huangshan has often been described as the world''s most beautiful and enchanting mountain. Over the centuries this mountain with its 72 peaks has been the subject of Chinese landscape painters, whose singular works are so haunting it seems impossible that these mountains exist in nature. Inspired by the legacy of these paintings, Wang Wusheng has sought to portray this scenic wonder. As shown in the collection of 90 photographs in this extraordinary volume, here are mist-shrouded, granite peaks emerging from an ever-changing veil of clouds, sculptural craggy rocks on lofty cliffs, and weathered, oddly-shaped pine trees, depicted in all seasons and at various times of day. Wang Wusheng''s images are so exceptional that they look like paintings.
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Praise for Celestial Realm: "A truly sublime photo book." - Business Week "Wang Wusheng's breathtaking photographs unlock the secret of traditional Chinese landscape painting." - Seattle Post-Intelligence "Each page is a revelation." - Parabol "Duotone photographs are the achingly beautiful stuff that dreams are made of. These granite peaks shrouded in mist look like islands in the clouds-at once serene and strikingly dramatic. The result enthralls, with an almost painful yearning thats akin to the numinous." - Artsforum
Table of Contents
Table of Contents from: Celestial Realm: The Yellow Mountains of China Introduction: "Landscape" Photography -- Seigo Matsuoka Important Mountains in Chinese Art -- Wu Hung The Plates Huangshan: Mountains, Mists, and Myth -- Damian Harper Notes to Important Mountains in Chinese Art Captions Chronology and Exhibitions Index
