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

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?n 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.

Author: Mai-Mai Sze
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Published: 03/21/1978
Series: Bollingen #80
Pages: 648
Weight: 2.5lbs
Size: 8.43h x 8.57w x 1.35d
ISBN: 9780691018195