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      • History of Art / Art & Design Styles
        January 2018

        Space in Art History

        by WU Hung

        Space in Art History is a collection of a series of lectures by Professor Wu Hong, who was invited by the OCAT Institute to hold these lectures at the University of Chicago Center in Beijing, from June 20th to June 22nd, 2016. The analysis of visual objects in the studies of art history has always been centered with two core concepts, “image” and “form”. However, “space” and its relevant concepts have been re-occurring continuously in the author’s writing about art history, based on which, a framework about observing, describing and explaining artworks is now coming into being. This book uses “space” as the main thread, integrating the author’s studies in many years about Chinese art history at a methodological level. From the perspective of an art educator, the author also, for the first time, started a form of “jiangxiban” (a combination of speech delivery and study workshop) for young students in China, in order to summarize the intentions of his past research, and to explain his experiences of his scholarly work.

      • Music
        January 2018

        Out of This World

        100 Chinese Classical Verses Rendered into Songs

        by He Zhanhao/Xu Jingxin/Bailiang Ma

        Legend has it that when Emperor Yu tamed the flood, he divided the world into “Nine Regions” , so the term has become synonymous with China. It is this land that gave birth to the fine Chinese traditional culture, which has been passed down from generation to generation, which has been rejuvenated despite repeated internal conflicts and foreign invasions. The profound Chinese culture crystallizes the profound wisdom of the Chinese people. As a country of poetry, China has a long history of poetry writing, producing a large number of famous poets and numerous volumes of masterpieces. Poetry is a magnificent part of Chinese excellent traditional culture. From the classical poems, we can appreciate not only the elegance of Li Bai, the depression of Du Fu, the freshness of Meng Haoran, the simplicity of Bai Juyi, the poetic and artistic grace of Wang Wei, and the extraordinary and refined nature of Su Shi, but also the romance and sentimentality of those in love, and the intense emotions of those idealists and patriots. Classical poetry reflects the Chinese outlook on life, values, aesthetics, as well as their wisdom and emotion. Chinese classical poetry was originally meant for people to recite and sing. We invited musicians and singers to render the poems into songs. We also invited Mr. Ma Bailiang to translate each poem into English, in the hope of carrying the cadence and rhythm through into English, so that foreign friends can also savor the artistic charm of Chinese classical poetry. The poems in this collection are accompanied by songs, English translation, musical score, and drawings, thus enabling Chinese and foreign readers to fully appreciate the beauty and rhythm of Chinese classical poetry.

      • Music

        A Century of Piano Solo Works by Chinese Composers(1913-2013)

        by Li Mingqiang, Yang Yunlin

        The collection demonstrates the development of Chinese piano music composition in the last century according to chronological form for the first time,including 104 original piano works composed by 47 Chinese composers. The series comprehensively display the history and development of Chinese piano music style in the last century according to the outline of historical period, the detail of composer and composition style, combing the score,the musician, the story and the tone as a whole. Another major feature of the series is, in addition to ensuring the authority of the edition, attaching importance to the authority of interpretation by gathering 56 world-renowned Chinese performers to record the supporting audio.Many of the works were specially recorded by composer’s designated performers, and even historical recordings were repeatedly selected for the best versions. Including 14 CDs, the series is divided into 7 volumes about 2.4 million words, and is published under the auspices of The National Publishing Fund.

      • Music

        Music and Dance in Dunhuang Frescoes

        Music and Dance of Sutra Paintings

        by Gao Dexiang

        The book is a collection extracted from the sutra paintings of Dunhuang Frescoes on the theme of Music and Dance. Based on the rare murals, with reference to historical sources and data, it comprehensively presents the various delicate art pieces in Dunhuang, which shows a grand view of culture collision and blend between eastern and western on ancient silk road. By presenting the spectacular art of music dancing, it reveals the trace of the rudiment and the blossom of multiculturalism of Ancient China. Dunhuang Grottoes,known as the “Oriental Louvre”, are one of the most valuable cultural discoveries in the 20th century. This book focuses on the classic frescoes of music and dance in Mogao Grottoes. Simultaneously, it contains the mural paintings in Yulin Grottoes and Xiqian Buddhist Temple. 80% of the sutra illustrations in this book are published for the first time. It is regarded as the great addendum and complementary role in studying the history of traditional Chinese music and dance.

      • The Arts
        August 2016

        Recognition of ancient architecture

        by LI JINLONG

        This is wrriten for architect and designer of video, arena,game and AD, when it is interesting to those who is fascinated by architecture.Based on the image of building,focusing on the difference generating in history,the book reviews the original look of ancient architecture.it includes contrasting the advantages and flaws of function ,material,structure and branch,except which is concerned of image evolution. Because there are so much differences between chinese and foreign building, the author analyses the rule and diversity of Chinese ancient architecture by deconstructing , while describes the original look by division of history into periods.

      • The Arts

        Deconstructing Chinese Antique Porcelain

        by Fan Dongqing

        Deconstructing Chinese Antique Porcelain serves an openwindow through which you can see the history of AntiquePorcelain in thousands of Chinese civilization. It is a bookconcentrating on identification and collection of ChineseAntique Porcelain. By breaking through the traditionalnarration of such books. This book seems quite ubique.The content is professional but not obscure, precise but notdull. The most special part of this book is the cover whichpresent the new idea of three dimensional. The readerscan appreciate the art handed down from ancient times byscanning the QR code.Written by a very famous and prefessional author, FanDonqing, this book vividly depicts the Antique Porcelainwith works and historical documents, as well as personalexperience of excavation of Ancient kiln site, not only hasgreat academic value, but also provides guiding value forcollectors. The book becomes even more attractive with thepreface wrriten by Lv Chenlong, the director of the ImperialPalace.

      • Architecture

        Architecture of Chinese Wooden Covered Bridges

        by Liu Jie

        In all the world there be no better workmen for buildings than theinhabitants of China. Architecture of Chinese Wooden Covered Bridgesis a study of the architectural art regarding Wooden Covered bridgesin places like Zhejiang, Fujian, Gansu, Yunnan, Hubei and Chongqing,etc. Special attention has been paid to some 100 ancient bridges in 17regions within 5 cities located in Zhejiang and Fujian. Constructingenvironment, material, scale, standard, structure, decoration, color as wellas craftsmanship are aspects for in-depth study. This project probes deepinto them and accomplishes a systematic reorganization. Descriptions inprose, combined with visual materials such as architectural mappings,exquisite photographic images and line-drawing illustrations from ancientdocuments, successfully reproduce a full picture of the ancient Chinesearchitectural art concerning Wooden Covered Bridges. Therefore, thispublication will fill in a gap in our domestic literature. The initiation andpublication of Architecture of Chinese Wooden Covered Bridges willenable people to view these architectural remains in mountainous regionsof Zhejiang and Fujian from a brand new perspective, that is, to see themas an architectural art that has created a unique environment.

      • The Arts
        January 2019

        Golden Printing Chinese Famous Rubbings

        by Wang Xizhi and others

        Golden Printing Chinese Famous Rubbings, containing 20 copies all together, present to the readers an exceptional editing perspective as well as manufacturing skills. The main features are as follows: Firstly, we’ve chosen the best edition of all, which is present by calligraphy and rubbings separately. The calligraphyies are golden with blue background, and the rubbings, golden with black background. Secondly, we not only respect the original works, but also make the incomplete words complete. Thirdly, the advanced printing skills have been used. The skills of golden ink etc, are used for the first time to make the books exquisite, Finally, we invited Sun Baowen, a very famous publisher on traditional Chinese rubbings.

      • History of Art / Art & Design Styles

        In the Name of Su Dongpo

        His Calligraphy, Poetry and Birthday Gathering

        by I LO-FEN

        This book aims at researching and introducing the less commonly discussed part of Su Dongpo studies: the art of his calligraphy works. Text and Image Studies established by the author is the methodology applied in this book. The first part of this book selected five calligraphy works by Su Dongpo, including Han-shih Tie (the Cold Food Observance Festival Manuscript), with the creation and the content of these manuscripts being the main focus of discussion. The second part of this study discussed the influence of Su Dongpo to the neighboring countries, with Shou Su Hui (Gathering for Su Dongpo's Birthday Remembrance) as a main focus, from the perspectives of the usage, the thread of circulation and the level of reception.

      • History of Art / Art & Design Styles
        April 2019

        The Catalogue of Shadow Play Art in Western China of Qing Dynasty

        by Ding Kexi

        Shadow play is a folk theatrical form that uses silhouettes made of animal skin or cardboard as its main props and combines libretto and accompaniment to perform stories, which is a Chinese unique Folk Art. In 2011, Chinese shadow play was selected as the representative works of intangible cultural heritage of mankind. This book focuses on the art of shadow play of Qing Dynasty in the upper reaches of the Yellow River, restoring the original appearance of a complete set of shadow plays owned by a shadow play artist. The catalogue is divided into three parts,  with the clues of theatrical roles, character image and stage performance, which vividly, completely and systematically introduces the performance and development of shadow play in Qing Dynasty, totaling nearly 1000 pictures.

      • The Arts

        Classical Ancient Chinese Drama Novels

        by Peng Lianxi, Wu Sheng , Dai Honghai and others

        Classical Ancient Chinese Drama novels with colored drawings disseminates Chinese classical literature and  traditional skills of painting., including Dream of the Red Chamber, Three Kingdom, Peony Pavilion, West Chamber and A Tale of the West Garden. This series has two surprises: one is that all the drawings is newly created in recent years by famous artists, while the others is that the design is quite unique corresponding to the traditional Chinese realistic painting. No mantter the color, the line or the artistic conception, all the paintings show  high standard of the traditional Chinese realistic painting.

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