The Mustard Seed Garden Manual of Painting – A Facsimile of the 1887–1888 Shanghai Edition: 80 (Bollingen Series, 80)

The Mustard Seed Garden Manual of Painting – A Facsimile of the 1887–1888 Shanghai Edition: 80 (Bollingen Series, 80)

by Mai–mai Sze (Author)

Synopsis

Originally published as Volume 2 of The Tao of Painting, this is the first English translation of the famous Chinese handbook, the Chieh Tzu Yuan 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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Format: Paperback
Pages: 648
Edition: Annotated
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Published: 21 Mar 1978

ISBN 10: 0691018197
ISBN 13: 9780691018195

Media Reviews
The Mustard Seed Garden will always be one of the greatest manuals of the most marvellous painting the world has ever known, and one cannot be too grateful for having it, with its commentary, available in English. --Journal of the Royal Central Asian Society