The Mustard Seed Garden Manual of Painting; Chieh Tzu Yuan Hua Chuan, 1679-1701: A Facsimile of the 1887-1888 Shanghai Edition

by Gai Wang

Other authorsMai-mai Sze (Translator)
Paper Book, 1977

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Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, 1977, c1956.

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Originally published as Volume 2 of The Tao of Painting, this is the first English translation of the famous Chinese handbook, the "Chieh Tzu Yüan Hua Chuan" (original, 1679-1701). Mai-mai Sze has translated and annotated the texts of instructions, discussions of the fundamentals of painting, notes on the preparation of colors, and chief editorial prefaces.

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