The Way of the Brush by Briessen, Fritz van -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Cover Copyright Contents List of Illustrations Acknowledgments Introduction Part I: Element Technique, and Principles

Chapter I: The Posittion of Chinese Painting

1 Painting and Magic 2 Painting and Tao 3 Painting and Technique

Chapter II: The Elements of chinese painting

1 The Materials

The Brush The Ink The Colors The Painting Surface Seals And Colophon

2 The Brush Stroke 3 Mountains And Rocks

Outline Shaping Lines Dots Washes

4 Trees And Bamboo 5 Water, Rain; Snow, And Clouds 6 The Human Form 7 Color

Chapter III: The Techniques And Principles Of Chinese Painting

1 The Six Principles Of Hsieh Ho 2 Boneless Painting 3 Gold-Line And Broken-Ink Styles

Northern And Southern Schools The Gold-Line And The Blue-Green Styles Broken Ink Splashed Ink Flying White Two Examples Analyzed Watered Shaping Lines More Examples Of Broken Ink

4 Perspective 5 Composition

Dragon Veins Host and Guest Heven and Earth Opening and Closing the ensemble

6 Brush Usage And Ink Usage 7 The Careful And The Spontaneous Styles 8 The Painting Surface

Unsized Paper Sized Paper Contrasted Details Silk

Part II: Notes on Technical Matters

1 Introduction 2 Writing And Painting 3 Abstract And Concrete 4 East and West 5 China And Japan 6 Genuine Or False 7 Original Or Copy 8 Mood 9 Finger, Brushless, And Ruler Painting 10 Similar Motifs Ajvd Different Periods 11 Tun Huang And The Origins Of Chinese Painting

Wall And Banner Paintings Provincialism Tun Huang Copies

12 Themes, Motifs, And Periods

Buddhist Motifs Characterizations Birds Symbol And Rebus Landscapes In Many Styles Contrasts And Similarities

13 Conclusion

Appendix

1 Glossary Of Art Terms 2 Chronology 3 Art Symbolism

Bibliography Index Back Cover