The Admonitions Scroll
Author | : Jan Stuart |
Publisher | : British Museum Press |
Total Pages | : 70 |
Release | : 2014 |
ISBN-10 | : UCSD:31822041294448 |
ISBN-13 | : |
Rating | : 4/5 ( Downloads) |
Book Synopsis The Admonitions Scroll by : Jan Stuart
Download or read book The Admonitions Scroll written by Jan Stuart and published by British Museum Press. This book was released on 2014 with total page 70 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Admonitions scroll is an internationally recognized masterpiece of narrative painting and is arguably the earliest surviving Chinese painting. Painted in ink and colour on silk and traditionally attributed to the founding figure of Chinese painting, Gu Kaizhi, the scroll entered the British Museum in 1903 and has become one of its most famous objects.