How to Read Chinese Paintings

How to Read Chinese Paintings
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Publisher : Metropolitan Museum of Art
Total Pages : 185
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ISBN-10 : 9781588392817
ISBN-13 : 1588392813
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Book Synopsis How to Read Chinese Paintings by : Maxwell K. Hearn

Download or read book How to Read Chinese Paintings written by Maxwell K. Hearn and published by Metropolitan Museum of Art. This book was released on 2008 with total page 185 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Together the text and illustrations gradually reveal many of the major themes and characteristics of Chinese painting. To "read" these works is to enter a dialogue with the past. Slowly perusing a scroll or album, one shares an intimate experience that has been repeated over the centuries. And it is through such readings that meaning is gradually revealed."--BOOK JACKET.


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