This volume takes the form of an anthology of writings that trace the development of Chinese art from the earliest literary reference to painting in Confucius to the vital essays of Shih-t'ao and Shen Tsung-chien more than twenty centuries later. Yutang's selections cover every aspect of technique and subject matter, including the Six Canons of Chinese painting, while the scope of the book is widened further by the inclusion of important essays on collecting and connoisseurship, on the pricing and appraisal of paintings, and on calligraphy.
Yutang, Lin. Theory of Art: Translations from the Masters of Chinese Art. London: Heinemann, 1967. 244 pp.
First Edition, first printing. Hardcover. Octavo.
Very good condition copy with toning and some lean to spine, in very good condition dust jacket with rubbing to surfaces and some adhesive on spine panel—in new dust jacket cover. Owner’s name on front free end-paper.
