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1. Introduction: 191
2. Writing and Painting: 192
3. Abstract and Concrete: 197
4. East and West: 199
5. China and Japan: 200
6. Genuine or False: 251
7. Original or Copy: 255
8. Mood: 256
9. Finger, Brushless, and Ruler Painting: 257
10. Similar Motifs and Different Periods: 259
11. Tun Huang and the Origins of Chinese Painting: 260
WALL AND BANNER PAINTINGS: 261 PROVINCIALISM: 263
TUN HUANG COPIES: 263
12. Themes, Motifs, and Periods: 267
| BUDDHIST MOTIFS: 267 | CHARACTERIZATIONS: 268 | BIRDS: 270 |
| SYMBOL AND REBUS: 272 | LANDSCAPES IN MANY STYLES: 275 |
CONTRASTS AND SIMILARITIES: 278
13. Conclusion: 313
1. Glossary of Art Terms: 315
2. Chronology: 317
3. Art Symbolism: 319
Bibliography: 323
Index: 325
MAIN CATEGORIES
| 1-3 | PAINTING AND MAGIC: page 65 |
| 4-7 | THE BRUSH STROKE: 66-67 |
| 8-11 | OUTLINES: 68-69 |
| 12-25 | SHAPING LINES: 70-76 |
| 26-35 | DOTS: 77-79 |
| 36 | WASHES: 80 |
| 37-49 | TREES AND BAMBOO: 81-87 |
| 50-53 | WATER, RAIN, SNOW, AND CLOUDS: 88-91 |
| 54-70 | THE HUMAN FORM: 92-96 |
| 71-76 | COLOR: 97-102 |
| 77 | BONELESS PAINTING: 135 |
| 78-109 | GOLD-LINE AND BROKEN-INK STYLES: 136-51 |
| 110-20 | PERSPECTIVE: 152-59 |
| 121-31 | COMPOSITION: 160-65 |
| 132 | BRUSH AND INK USAGES: 166 |
| 133-34 | CAREFUL AND SPONTANEOUS STYLES: 167 |
| 135-43 | PAINTING SURFACES: 168-76 |
| 144-63 | WRITING AND PAINTING: 209-18 |
| 164-66 | ABSTRACT AND CONCRETE: 219 |
| 167-71 | EAST AND WEST: 220-22 |
| 172-92 | CHINA AND JAPAN: 223-33 |
| 193-94 | GENUINE OR FALSE: 234-35 |
| 195-96 | ORIGINAL OR COPY: 236 |
| 197-98 | MOOD: 237 |
| 199-200 | FINGER AND RULER PAINTING: 238 |
| 201-5 | SIMILAR MOTIFS AND DIFFERENT PERIODS: 239-41 |
| 206-18 | TUN HUANG AND THE ORIGINS OF CHINESE PAINTING: 241-48 |
| 219-23 | BUDDHIST MOTIFS: 281-83 |
| 224-34 | CHARACTERIZATIONS: 284-88 |
| 235-35 | BIRDS: 289-91 |
| 244-54 | SYMBOL AND REBUS: 292-97 |
| 255-75 | LANDSCAPES IN MANY STYLES: 298-308 |
| 276-84 | CONTRASTS AND SIMILARITIES: 309-12 |
FORMAL WORKS
7. Tile painting from Lo-yang: 67
16. Li T'ang (Sung): Landscape (detail): 71
17. Sesshū (Japan): Landscape (detail): 72
79. Artist unknown (Ch'ing): Landscape: 136
99. Chinese Moslem calligrapher: Arabic script: 136
100. Artist unknown (Sung?): Waterfall (after Wang Wei?): 144
101. Wang Wei? (T'ang): Mountains in Snow (detail): 145
104. Kōrin (Japan): Plum Blossoms (screen, detail): 147
106. Ying Yü-chien (Sung): Landscape: 148
107. Sesshū (Japan): Hatsuboku Landscape: 149
108. Kanō Naonobu (Japan): Landscape (detail): 150
109. P'u Ch'üan: Landscape: 151
114. Artist unknown (Sung): Wen Chi Returning from Mongolia (section): 155
115. Chiao Ping-chen (Ch'ing): Farm Scene (woodcut): 155
116. Artist unknown (Sung): Scholars in Garden: 156
117. Sun Chün-tse (Yüan): Pavilion by the Sea: 157
118. Kao Ch'i-fang (Republic): Bridge: 157
119. After an unknown Ch'ing artist: Sacrificial Scene (steel engraving): 158
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