The Art of the Chinese Picture-Scroll
The Art of the Chinese Picture-Scroll by Shane McCausland
English | February 21, 2024 | ISBN: 1789147964 | True EPUB | 296 pages | 44 MB
English | February 21, 2024 | ISBN: 1789147964 | True EPUB | 296 pages | 44 MB
The first extended history of the Chinese picture-scroll.
The Chinese picture-scroll, a long, horizontal painting or calligraphic work, has been China’s pre-eminent aesthetic form throughout the last two millennia. This first history of the picture-scroll explores its extraordinary longevity and adaptability to social, political, and technological change. The book describes what the picture-scroll demands of a viewer, how China’s artists grappled with its cultural power, and how collectors and connoisseurs left their marks on scrolls for later generations to judge.