The Mustard Seed Garden Manual of Painting: A Facsimile of the 1887-1888 Shanghai Edition

by Mai-mai Sze

Book Overview

Originally published as Volume 2 of The Tao of Painting, this is the first English translation of the famous Chinese handbook, the Chieh Tzu Y an 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.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691099405
• ISBN13: 9780691099408
• Release Date: March 1978
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 648 Pages
• Weight: 3.00 lbs.