March, Benjamin - Some Technical Terms of Chinese Painting

Baltimore, Waverly Press, 1935. Hardcover. Blue cloth boards with gilt spine lettering; xiii, 55 pp, (5) pp of bw plates. "The list is not exhaustive--it does not include the special type forms and techniques of the painting of faces and of such individual plants and flowers as the bamboo, plum and orchid, which have their own disciplines. It does not include the terminology of asethetics or any inquiry into the history of either the terms or the ideas, materials and practices they represent. It is the outgrowth of practical inquiry rather than of systematic literary searching". -- Preface. Contents include: Preface -- I. Materials -- II. Forms of paintings -- III. Subjects -- IV. Classification by techniques -- V. Brushwork and composition -- VI. Trees: type forms and special techniques -- VII. Rocks and mountains: type forms and special techniques -- VIII. Water: type forms and special techniques -- IX. Clouds: type forms and special techniques -- X. Figures: type forms and special techniques -- XI. Seals and signatures -- XII. Mounting -- Alphabetical list of terms defined. VG (light shelfwear to boards, light age toning, previous owner's name, inscription and book plate on ffep, pages are otherwise very clean and clear.) .

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