ISBN: 9780807614525 - the three perfections: chinese painting, poetry, and calligraphy (7 Ergebnisse)

Hardback. Zustand: Fair.

Hardback. Zustand: Fair.

Hardcover. Zustand: As New. No Jacket. Pages are clean and are not marred by notes or folds of any kind. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Zustand: good. Book shows general signs of use and handling. May have light wear on the cover or edges and minimal writing or highlighting. Binding remains tight, and pages are clean and readable.

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Fine. 2nd. Cloth, 86 pages, illustrations (some colour); 27 cm. First published, 1974. Revised. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Dust jacket protected in a mylar cover. *** "This book was published in its original form by Thames and Hudson as the Sixth Walter Neurath Memorial Lecture, given at Birkbeck College in the University of London in 1974" - Title page verso. *** "What do the Chinese write on their paintings? Why do they write on them?' In this newly revised volume -- now illustrated in color -- Michael Sullivan provides a lucid and engaging analysis of the intimate relationships among painting, poetry, and calligraphy in Chinese culture. As early as the ninth century, art historians recognized that in China 'writing and painting have different names but a common body.' The fundamental unity of writing and painting is shown to be an ancient, though still valid, concept in China. The evolution of this basic idea is traced through the ages and its survival documented to the present. Twenty-six luminous reproductions of celebrated works of art illustrate key aspects of this union of literature and the visual arts." - Publisher. Size: 4to.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Clean & Unmarked. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. Second Edition . A very clean and straight copy. Dust-jacket has a 1? closed tear on top edge. Otherwise, quite nice. 86 pp.