The Mustard Seed Garden Manual of Painting - (Bollingen) Annotated by Mai-Mai Sze (Paperback)
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About this item
Highlights
- Originally published as Volume 2 of The Tao of Painting, this is the first English translation of the famous Chinese handbook, the "Chieh Tzu Yüan Hua Chuan" (original, 1679-1701).
- Author(s): Mai-Mai Sze
- 648 Pages
- Art, Techniques
- Series Name: Bollingen
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Book 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 Yüan 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.
Review Quotes
"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"
Dimensions (Overall): 8.43 Inches (H) x 8.57 Inches (W) x 1.35 Inches (D)
Weight: 2.5 Pounds
Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up
Number of Pages: 648
Genre: Art
Sub-Genre: Techniques
Series Title: Bollingen
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Theme: Watercolor Painting
Format: Paperback
Author: Mai-Mai Sze
Language: English
Street Date: March 21, 1978
TCIN: 83595269
UPC: 9780691018195
Item Number (DPCI): 247-80-4675
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported
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Estimated ship dimensions: 1.35 inches length x 8.57 inches width x 8.43 inches height
Estimated ship weight: 2.5 pounds
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