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The Mustard Seed Garden Manual of Painting

The Mustard Seed Garden Manual of Painting Jie Zi Yuan Hua Zhuan, 1679-1701 : A Facsimile of the 1887-1888 Shanghai Edition With the Text Translated from the Chinese and Edited by Mai-Mai Sze - Princeton/Bollingen Paperbacks

Paperback (01 Jul 1992) | English,Chinese

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Originally published as Volume 2 of The Tao of Painting, this is the first English translation of the famous Chinese handbook, the "Chieh Tzu Yüan Hua Chuan" (original, 1679-1701). Mai-mai Sze has translated and annotated the texts of instructions, discussions of the fundamentals of painting, notes on the preparation of colors, and chief editorial prefaces.

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Book information

ISBN: 9780691018195
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Imprint: Princeton University Press
Pub date:
DEWEY: 751.4251
DEWEY edition: 19
Language: English,Chinese
Number of pages: 624
Weight: 1182g
Height: 216mm
Width: 215mm
Spine width: 42mm