Three Hundred Masterpieces of Chinese Painting in the Palace Museum
COMPLETE 6 VOLUMES IN 2 SLIPCASES
"The pictures reproduced in these volumes are the property of the Republic of China, and form part of the treasure that came from the former Imperial Palace of the Ch'ing Dynasty. With the exception of a few pieces which at present belong to the National Central Museum, the pictures are housed in the National Palace Museum of Peiping, now located in Taichung, Taiwan (Formosa). Of the three hundred pictures reproduced here, thirty-five are of the T'ang period (A. D. 618-907), twenty-five of the Epoch of the Five Dynasties (A. D. 907-960), eighty-four of the Sung Dynasty (A. D. 960-1279), sixty-one of the Yüan period (A.D. 1279-1368), and eighty-four of the Ming Dynasty (A. D. 1368-1644) and the early Ch'ing period. The dates of the other eleven pictures, portraits of emperors and empresses, are not definitely known and therefore not given. From these pictures, one can obtain a broad view of the styles of the various periods and the course along which Chinese pictorial art has developed. A study of Lu Hung's TEN SCENES OF A THATCHED HALL (plates no. 5-14), Tung Yüan's LANDSCAPE (plate no. 42) and Chü Jan's SEEKING TRUTH IN AUTUMN MOUNTAINS (plate no. 44), for instance, will give one a fairly clear view of the development of landscape painting in China as well as an understanding of the various styles of these great painters. Our selections also show that a great master often adopted, or created by himself, more than one style. In this connection, the Editors have taken special care to include, as far as possible, more than one work of each important artist. For instance, Li T'ang's SOUGHING WIND AMONG MOUNTAIN PINES (plate no. 95) is different in style from his HERMIT FISHING ON A STREAM (plate no. 96); Chao Mêng-fu's RIVERS AND MOUNTAINS (plate no. 145) is different in style from his BAMBOO, ROCK AND OLD TREE (plate no. 147); Ch'iu Ying's MANSION OF THE IMMORTALS IN FAIRYLAND (plate no. 243) is different in style from his CONVERSATION UNDER T'UNG TREES (plate no. 242). The materials presented in these volumes will therefore be of considerable value in a comparative study of the art of painting in China." excerpt from the introduction by Wang Shih-chich, Taiwan, China, January, 1959.
Published by National Palace Museum and National Central Museum, Taichung, Taiwan, 1959
- Language: English and Chinese
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