Three Thousand Years of Chinese Painting

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This book is a rare feat: seldom is an art history--much less an ambitious, 400-page chronicle of one of the great cultural achievements of the last three millennia--as much a delight for the amateur lover of art as it is indispensable for the student of the field. Written by three eminent specialists in the United States and three in China, Three Thousand Years of Chinese Painting combines the best of both countries' scholarly approaches with new discoveries and illustrations of numerous paintings located in China and previously little known abroad.

Insightful, often lively discussions tell the story in six chapters, mostly dynastic, after briefly giving two "approaches" to Chinese painting. History, politics, biography, and training get their proper due and are complemented by often-detailed analyses of individual artworks. Close attention to the text and the 300 color and 25 black-and-white illustrations enable the reader to "see" these paintings--which are often constructed on different perceptual and cultural premises than the post-Renaissance and photographic images by which most Westerners structure their visual vocabulary. The glossary and other tools are welcome aids; the list of artists is organized by period and offers their names in the two most common romanization systems as well as in Chinese characters. And to read James Cahill on the Ni Zan paintings that may at first appear uninviting, or Lang Shaojun on the proportionally numerous 20th-century painters, is a real adventure for both the eye and the mind.

Anyone with more than a passing interest in one of the world's most esteemed art traditions--be they a Sunday museumgoer or a confirmed lover of the gnarly pines set amidst the towering mountains of the Song-period masters--will want this book in their library. --Joseph N. Newland

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This sumptuously illustrated book, written by a team of eminent international scholars, is the first to recount the history of Chinese painting over a span of some three thousand years.

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A Promising Introduction.......2007-01-07

I was looking for a book on Chinese painting with plenty of illustrations. In the Amazon reviews this book was praised for it's ample examples of paintings. I ordered this book and the pictures did not let me down.
But the essays written by five experts were a surprising bonus of enjoyable informative commentaries providing concise but comprehensive introductions to painters and their works. This is just the book for a new comer to Chinese painting.
One book hasn't made me an authority, but I now know about the southern and northern schools, recognize some Daoist and Buddhist influences on painting, and I've seen an example of Guanxiu's distorted visages, have wondered at Gou Xi's 'Early Spring', have seen Fan Kuan's massive mountain reduce humans to paltry piddling beings verging on non-entities, have appreciated bird, animal, and delicate plant portraits and Liang Kai's distinct images as well as many other worthies.
Some of the most fascinating and aestheticly moving paintings to me are Wang Shen's 'Serried Hills Over a Misty River', Ma Lin's 'Sunset Landscape' and Xia Gui's 'Twelve Landscapes'; all paintings that elevate emptiness to an integral part of the scene giving outlined forms a vulnerable lonliness. These paintings take Miles Davis's advice a thousand years before he spoke it "Don't play[paint] what's there, play[paint] what's not there.
After being introduced to some of the artists and their works, I wish more of their art had been included, but then what better accolade can an introductory book receive than it leaves you wanting more.

Three Thousand Years of Chinese Painting.......2006-03-02

THE BOOK IS VERY DETAILED WITH LARGE LITERATURE, VERY USEFULL ALSO FOR COLLECTORS, BUT THE CRONOLOGICAL INDEX I ONLY ORDERED
BY CHINESE DYNASTY AND NOT ALFABETIC.

Three Thousand Years of Chinese Painting.......2005-09-24

A wonderful addition to my library...a real "keeper" although I originally purchased this book to augment the required reading for my Asian Art class.

Mixed Review.......2002-12-27

This book cannot be avoided if you are studying Chinese art history, however, since each section is written by a different author, the result is not homogeneous in quality, readability, or helpfulness. It's a nice resource for images of Chinese painting you might not otherwise find elsewhere. Which chapter you prefer will vary according to which author's style you prefer. The book does provide a sort of timeline of Chinese painting from its origins until the Qing dynasty, however since each chapter is whole unto itself, there is a gap in continuity from one section to the next.

Good introductory book!.......2002-03-06

Chinese painting is full of wonders. While three thousand years in one volume seems quite ambitious, this book provides an useful introduction to the subject with clear historical outlines and good selection of images. I would think that the texts sometimes might appear lacking of details and thorough researches to students and scholars of Chinese art, but they would still appreciate large and good quality color reproductions and well-organized structure of the book.

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Three Thousand Years of Chinese Painting
Yan, Richard M. Barnhart, Nie Chongzheng, and others Xin
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Three Thousand Years of Chinese Painting
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Three Thousand Years of Chinese Painting
et al Richard Barnhart
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Darkroom Magic
Otto Litzel
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Darkroom Magic
Otto Litzel
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Darkroom Magic by Otto Litzel 1967 Chilton Books Hardcover
Otto Litzel
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141 page black clothbound hardcover Chilton Book published by Amphoto in 1967.

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Focus pocus: How-to techniques for making magic in the graphic arts darkroom
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Juan Buscamares, by Chilean author Felix Vega is an apocalyptic adventure in the spirit of The Road Warrior. In the first volume of this popular series, a lone drifter strives to survive in a world that has lost all hope, where water is scarce and the air is not safe either.

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A stunning visual companion to the newest film from Tim Burton (The Nightmare Before Christmas, Edward Scissorhands, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory), featuring storyboards, movie stills, and Burton's own drawings.

Corpse Bride carries on in the dark, romantic tradition of Tim Burton's classic films Edward Scissorhands and The Nightmare Before Christmas. Set in a 19th century European village, this stopmotion, animated feature follows the story of Victor (Johnny Depp), a young man who is whisked away to the underworld and wed to a mysterious Corpse Bride (Helena Bonham-Carter), while his real bride, Victoria (Emily Watson), waits bereft in the land of the living. Though life in the Land of the Dead proves to be a lot more colorful than his strict Victorian upbringing, Victor learns that there is nothing in this world, or the next, that can keep him away from his one true love. It's a tale of optimism, romance and a very lively afterlife, told in a classic Tim Burton style.

Like Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas, this official visual companion showcases spectacular movie stills, sketches, paintings, and Tim Burton's own drawings. Covering preproduction, production, and post-production, sections detail character realization, set development and construction, puppet fabrication, costuming, and stop-motion filming. The book's final part retells the film's story in images with synopsis, storyboards, and lyrics. 140 color illustrations.

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Fast delivery, perfect condition.......2007-08-01

I paid for expedited shipping of this book and received it two days earlier than I expected. The book was in perfect condition. I definitely recommend this seller!

Lots of good information.......2007-01-05

If you are looking for a book with a little bit of insight into the creation of the Corpse Bride film, this is good choice. Nice selection of production pictures and concept artwork with a good description of the processes involved.

The book covers puppet making, music creation and a small scale time line of concept to film.

If you love the film, you shoudn't miss the book........2006-04-17

I bought this book several months ago in a local bookstore. The photos and images in the book attracted my attention almost immediately, although at that time I've only heard of the film but haven't watched it. Like other behind-the-scenes books, it shows how they produced the film in every detail, from beginning to end. I especially like the concept sketches and the black humor. The production process also provides a good reference to the making of stop-motion animation, which makes this book unique. If you like the the film or stop-motion animation, I believe this book won't disappoint you.

The lush tie-in book for CORPSE BRIDE.......2006-03-18

TIM BURTON'S CORPSE BRIDE: AN INVITATION TO THE WEDDING is the lush movie book accompaniment to tie into the release of TIM BURTON'S CORPSE BRIDE, and includes a foreword by Burton, details on his film, storyboards, his drawings, and more. It arrived too late for more timely holiday mention but the movie is certain to be a hit for many months and any viewer or would-be viewer will continue to find TIM BURTON'S CORPSE BRIDE an excellent guide to the movie.

Corpse book.......2006-03-10

I am a student of the great art of stop-motion-animation. For those interested in this pioneering addition to the art form or just interested in what it takes to write plan and pull off a feature length animation this is a great book. Lots of colot photos, concept sketches and digital concept art as well as the writing itself tells a lot about what it took to pull it all together. Well worth it to own as a reference and the coffee table.

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beautiful.......2005-07-27

These songs sound exactly like they do on his cd. I they are medium difficult, probably grade 4.

Best of Jim Brickman Ever!.......2004-12-28

When it come to Jim Brickman this is the pinnacle of his achievements! By far the best book of his yet with excellent piano pieces espescially Valentine, Secret Love, and the bonus: "Hero's Dream."

His style of composing is very fluid, simple and yet challenging in this book. A treat for any pianist who is looking for new sounds to lose themself in.

Excellent piano music.......1999-06-08

Have you ever bought a music book and found that the music isn't the rendition the artist plays in his concerts or recordings? The renditions in this book are exactly what Mr. Brickman is playing in his CD with the exception of the solo vocal ("Valentine") sung by Martina McBride. If you like the album and you love to play piano, you'll be glad you bought this book

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Paean to a pathetic and pointless lifestyle

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The Reluctant Metrosexual: Dispatches from an Almost Hip Life
Peter Hyman
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Peter Hyman wants the model/Fulbright Scholar girlfriend, the job with generous stock options and the well-appointed 2BR w/vu. Instead he routinely finds himself single and underemployed in his closet-free walk-up. The last woman he liked got back together with her lesbian lover; the one before that threw up on the first date.

Welcome to the almost hip life of a reluctant metrosexual–a straight man whose tastes are just gay enough. Equal parts cultural anthropologist, amateur sexologist and witty skeptic, Hyman wryly chronicles the promiscuity and perils of modern manhood, whether he’s undergoing a painful Brazilian bikini wax, lurching through a disastrous threesome, or poignantly reflecting on the Scotch-soaked grief of a difficult breakup.

So sit back in your Eames lounger and revel in the good fortune that The Reluctant Metrosexual is not you, it’s him.

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Paean to a pathetic and pointless lifestyle.......2007-05-06

If there is one thing to say about "The Reluctant Metrosexual," it is that I managed to make it to the end. There were numerous times during listening to the audio book that I was tempted to put an end to my involvement, finding the book's pompous and supercilious tone off-putting. The introduction was especially precious and grating, the effect of the author's narcissistic desire to be comedic, shallowly topical and engaging. I nearly did not make it to chapter one. Only the (minimal) investment of having transferred the book to my IPod kept me listening long enough to reach deeper waters.

The book is a series of essays written about the dating and sexual life of a mid-30s New York writer. Peter Hyman is one of the breed of self-conscious, morality-impaired, culture referencing urbanites who populate shows like "Seinfeld." Except with less wit and barely more insight.

Hyman reflects on his Detroit childhood, his stint at law school, hsi first pair of leather pants, his few years as a fact-checker at Vanity Fair, and his many unfulfilled and realized sexual liaisons. The book achieves its maximum depth when Hyman ruminates on the great, lost love of his life -- a woman who seemed devoted to Hyman, but evidently failed to see enough that was worthy of her continued involvement with him. Hyman was unemployed and searching for himself at the time. But at his (and her) age, with dreams of parenthood dancing in their heads, there is no time to wait for someone who is commitment-neutral, or appears so. Hyman's tale of this tragic "amour manqué" is not deep, not especially revelatory, but had enough pathos to keep me listening.

I often found my attention wandering as I listened to this book. There was not enough detail, cultural insight or fascinating self-revelation to keep me riveted. Then too, Hyman's sloppiness and the boring state of his life were enough to make one long to look away. Sloppy? He compared the pain of a male bikini wax (weird enough in itself) to the rigors faced by "the first Apollo astronauts." At first, I thought this was a gruesome reference to the fiery deaths of three astronauts training aboard Apollo 1. But then I realized that Hyman meant to reference the rigors undergone by the "Right Stuff" astronauts of the *Mercury* program in the early 60s. If you're going to make your living making cute cultural references, at least get them right. Boring? Consider that a halfway socially-engaged human being would have no interest in pursuing anonymous 3-way sex just for the ability to write about it later. Nor spend time on internet dating sites. And let's not forget the aforementioned bikini wax.

There is little about supposed metrosexuals in the book. Hyman portrays himself as a hetero aesthete, but there is little in his life (aside from a few snotty opinions about Italian dress shirts, wine preferences and cocktail-party literary references) to justify this self-identification. Hyman's reading style is a distraction as well. He doesn't seem to grasp the complexities of the sentences he has himself written. His voice does not convey his parenthetical asides in a way that the listener can understand.

Yet, I completed the book, which is (perhaps) to damn it with faint praise. Though I would not recommend "The Reluctant Metrosexual" to any of my book-reading friends, neither would I discourage anyone from reading it. There is a certain fascination in encountering the banality of the life Hyman has chosen, or rather (since he seems to live without purpose) found himself living. His unhappy life -- devoutly wishing parenthood while living in perpetual hedonistic adolescence -- is in some ways a warning.

That being said, I wish Hyman the best in moving on to a new level of maturity that seems to have eluded him thus far. It might make his next book (and there will be a next book) more interesting.

get it as book on tape.......2006-07-13

although the material and genre aren't particularly new, this was a nonetheless amusing listen. I would recommend listening to it either on a boring drive or to multitask as it goes pretty quickly and is overall funny.

inspiring, sardonic growing-up essays.......2005-05-15

"The Reluctant Metrosexual" is styled as an exploration of the phenomenon of the stylish, straight man; however, it is much more a story of growing up in an era when the phrase refers not to what one does before one turns eighteen, but what one does afterward. Peter Hyman relates, in a series of essays, his adventures in dating, employment, family life, and travel since leaving law school. His wide variety of experiences yield plentiful fodder; the essays are generally interesting and range from lighthearted anecdotes about dating to more serious explorations of career and family as they affect the young and overprivileged.

Although well-written (excepting a few slow patches), the book occasionally veers into self-indulgence and laziness. Hyman's heartache over his most promising failed relationship haunts the entire book. His metrocentrism - a total focus on the lives of yuppies-in-training, which includes those of all religions and sexual orientation but nobody living outside Manhattan - is equally pervasive and much more irritating. However, the author's animated voice and sardonic humor overcome these failings. "The Reluctant Metrosexual" is an easy but inspiring read.

The boy has skills!!!.......2005-02-04

I picked this book up on a whim thinking it would be an interesting diversion from the novels, biographies, and science books that I normally read and I was pleasantly surprised. This is one of the best pop culture books that I have read in a while. Peter Hyman has a witty dry style that takes time to get used to but after the first two chapters he had me. I purposely slowed the pace of my reading so I could stretch my Peter Hyman fix across as many days possible.

The writing is tight in all its wordiness and veiled references to books I have never read and will probably never read but this is Peter Hyman's style. The chapter on his foray into Mexico where he was promptly shaken down by their goon squad known as the police was particularly funny. I found it hard to discern when he was trying to be funny or thoughtful. This is much easier to pick-up with a writer like Al Frankin who changes his flow and modifies his word choice.

He calls this a collection of essays but it is more like an autobiography of a man who has very little to write about. He graduated from college dropped out of law school and suffered the loss of a few relationships here and there. He strikes me a person who over thinks situations and is susceptible to post-mortem Romanization. This is not an incitement of the man, it's a simple observation. When he talks about the wife and white picket fence and 2 ½ children he yearns for he sounds like child away from summer camp who wants to go home.

This book may be nothing more than an exercise in self-indulgence but I am glad I had an opportunity to read it. Peter Hyman's niche may lie in his ability to write about nothing and turn it into something that sounds semi-profound. I don't know what he is going to write about next but I would buy anything that Peter Hyman published so long as he doesn't talk about Italian shirts again.

Bk. travels well, as any (reluctant) metrosexual might.......2005-01-28

I just returned from a trip to Cancun, and the experience was definitely enhanced by taking The Reluctant Metrosexual along with me. I (a Jearthy girl, Peter's term for those of us who are Jewish and outgoing) had the book in my clutches on the flight, and Peter's wit and transporting stories made the time pass at warp speed. I also read on the hotel balcony, and his tales of love's promise, love's loss and life's trials and tortures -- the kind specific to big city life -- washed satisfyingly over me. Having completed the book, I took Dave Eggers with me to the beach, but he wasn't nearly as entertaining or insightful. I recommend The Reluctant Metrosexual to those who want to bring, in a highly literate way, a little voyeurism and vicarious living into their day.

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