{"product_id":"chinese-painting-introductions-to-chinese-culture-9780521186636","title":"Chinese Painting Introductions to Chinese Culture","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTraditional Chinese painting was fundamentally an abstract art form. Artists did not seek to represent direct copies of the natural world; rather, traditional Chinese paintings sought to portray the harmony between the natural world and human emotion, evoking ancient Chinese philosophy. From ancient scroll paintings to Buddhist grottoes to modern art, Lin Ci explores the history, theory and development of distinctive styles of Chinese painting, illustrated throughout with full color examples of these unique, treasured works of art.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePreface; 1. From Gu Kaizhi to Wu Daozi; 2. Desert treasures; 3. Lucid mountains and remote streams; 4. Scholar paintings; 5. Modern Chinese paintings; Appendix: chronological table of the Chinese dynasties.","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51767624204631,"sku":"9780521186636","price":22.23,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780521186636.jpg?v=1758714078","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/chinese-painting-introductions-to-chinese-culture-9780521186636","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}