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Book SynopsisProvides an anthology and summation of the work of one of the world's leading historians of Chinese painting and calligraphy. This book gives a sweeping tour through the history of Chinese painting and calligraphy as it offers and revised views on a broad range of important subjects.Trade ReviewOne of Choice's Outstanding Academic Titles for 2015 "Fong is perhaps the preeminent scholar of Chinese art history integrated with a Western art historical perspective... This work is, in many ways, his comprehensive summation of over 50 years of work... The book is absolutely essential to any library that has a section devoted to the art of China. The book is also wonderfully designed and made."--ChoiceTable of ContentsList of Illustrations vii Chronology of China xxi Foreword and Acknowledgements xxiii Calligraphy, Sculpture, and Paiting are One, But Sometimes Two or Three Jerome Silbergeld 1 1 Calligraphy and Painting as One 19 2 Gu Kaizhi's Admonitions Scroll 57 3 The Han-Tang Miracle at Dunhuang 109 4 Two Dong Yuans: Dual Paradigms of Naturalism and Calligraphic Expression 179 5 Sacred and Humanistic: Five Hundred Luohans at Daitokuji 215 6 Deconstructing Founding Paradigms: Landscape Painting after Mastering Representation 271 7 Wang Hui's Great Synthesis and Shitao's No-Method 319 8 Art and History: Zhang Daqian, In and Out of the Twentieth Century 383 Bibliography 425 Index-Glossary 451 Image Credits 478

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