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| Three Thousand Years of Chinese Painting | 
| Authors: Richard Barnhart, Yang Xin, Nie Chongzheng, James Cahill, Lang Shaojun, Hung Wu, Richard M. Barnhart, Wu Hung
Publisher: Yale University Press
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  7 reviews
Sales Rank: 313885
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 416
Shipping Weight (lbs): 4.1
Dimensions (in): 12.1 x 8.9 x 1.2
ISBN: 0300094477
Dewey Decimal Number: 709
EAN: 9780300094473
ASIN: 0300094477
Publication Date: October 1, 2002
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uneven writing, great reproductions of Chinese Paintings February 21, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
With one exception, the essays in this compilation suffer from a problem that seems to crop up in many books on art history, namely the essays move from fact to fact saying little in between about the ideas behind the art. The exception is the last chapter which is on Chinese painting in the 20th century. I greatly enjoyed this essay as its author talked about the ideas and techniques behind the art as well as giving a fact based history of Chinese painting in the 20th century. I recommend this book for the last essay and also for the stunning full color reproductions of the Chinese painting that populate the book.
 A Promising Introduction January 6, 2007
8 out of 8 found this review helpful
I was looking for a book on Chinese painting with plenty of illustrations. In the Amazon reviews this book was praised for it's ample examples of paintings. I ordered this book and the pictures did not let me down.
But the essays written by five experts were a surprising bonus of enjoyable informative commentaries providing concise but comprehensive introductions to painters and their works. This is just the book for a new comer to Chinese painting.
One book hasn't made me an authority, but I now know about the southern and northern schools, recognize some Daoist and Buddhist influences on painting, and I've seen an example of Guanxiu's distorted visages, have wondered at Gou Xi's 'Early Spring', have seen Fan Kuan's massive mountain reduce humans to paltry piddling beings verging on non-entities, have appreciated bird, animal, and delicate plant portraits and Liang Kai's distinct images as well as many other worthies.
Some of the most fascinating and aestheticly moving paintings to me are Wang Shen's 'Serried Hills Over a Misty River', Ma Lin's 'Sunset Landscape' and Xia Gui's 'Twelve Landscapes'; all paintings that elevate emptiness to an integral part of the scene giving outlined forms a vulnerable lonliness. These paintings take Miles Davis's advice a thousand years before he spoke it "Don't play[paint] what's there, play[paint] what's not there.
After being introduced to some of the artists and their works, I wish more of their art had been included, but then what better accolade can an introductory book receive than it leaves you wanting more.
Three Thousand Years of Chinese Painting March 2, 2006
2 out of 5 found this review helpful
THE BOOK IS VERY DETAILED WITH LARGE LITERATURE, VERY USEFULL ALSO FOR COLLECTORS, BUT THE CRONOLOGICAL INDEX I ONLY ORDERED
BY CHINESE DYNASTY AND NOT ALFABETIC.
Three Thousand Years of Chinese Painting September 24, 2005
1 out of 4 found this review helpful
A wonderful addition to my library...a real "keeper" although I originally purchased this book to augment the required reading for my Asian Art class.
 Mixed Review December 27, 2002
21 out of 24 found this review helpful
This book cannot be avoided if you are studying Chinese art history, however, since each section is written by a different author, the result is not homogeneous in quality, readability, or helpfulness. It's a nice resource for images of Chinese painting you might not otherwise find elsewhere. Which chapter you prefer will vary according to which author's style you prefer. The book does provide a sort of timeline of Chinese painting from its origins until the Qing dynasty, however since each chapter is whole unto itself, there is a gap in continuity from one section to the next.
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