• Chinese Painters (English Edition): A Critical Study of Technique, History & Masters – From Origins to the Qing
  • Chinese Painters (English Edition): A Critical Study of Technique, History & Masters – From Origins to the Qing
  • Chinese Painters (English Edition): A Critical Study of Technique, History & Masters – From Origins to the Qing
  • Chinese Painters (English Edition): A Critical Study of Technique, History & Masters – From Origins to the Qing
  • Chinese Painters (English Edition): A Critical Study of Technique, History & Masters – From Origins to the Qing
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Chinese Painters (English Edition): A Critical Study of Technique, History & Masters – From Origins to the Qing

Chinese Painters (English Edition): A Critical Study of Technique, History & Masters – From Origins to the Qing

How Chinese Painters Worked — Tools, Forms, Subjects and Inspiration — Then a Dynasty-by-Dynasty Survey from the Earliest Origins Through Tang, Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing, with an Index of Painters and Periods
This is not a picture book, and it is not a how-to manual. It is a critical study of Chinese painting written by a European scholar—Raphael Petrucci—who treated Chinese painting as a serious subject at a time when few Westerners did. The book has two parts. The first explains how Chinese painters actually worked: the tools they used, how they represented forms, the categories of subjects they painted, and where their inspiration came from. The second walks through the entire history, from the earliest origins through the Tang, Song, Yuan, Ming, and Qing dynasties, naming the painters who defined each period. If you want to understand Chinese painting from the inside—its craft and its long evolution—rather than flip through a picture album or read a technical manual, this is it
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Discover the Essence of Chinese Painting Through Western Eyes

Chinese Painters is a concise yet insightful critical study of traditional Chinese painting, authored by Raphaël Petrucci (1872–1917), one of France‘s most distinguished sinologists and winner of the Stanislas Julien Prize -6-8. Translated into English by Frances Seaver, this book serves as an accessible introduction for Western readers seeking to understand the foundations of Chinese pictorial art.

What’s Inside:

The book is divided into two main parts. The first section explores the core techniques and principles of Chinese painting, covering the tools of the painter, methods of representing forms, the division of subject categories, and the sources of artistic inspiration -6-8. The second section traces the chronological evolution of Chinese painting across major dynasties — from its origins and the period before Buddhism‘s influence, through the Tang, Sung, Yüan, Ming, and Ch‘ing periods — highlighting representative painters from each era -6-8.

About the Author:

Raphaël Petrucci was a French sinologist whose expertise in Far Eastern art was widely recognized. His writings demonstrate a deep understanding of the philosophical and aesthetic dimensions of Chinese artistic traditions

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