西方学者研究中国美术史书目

西方学者研究中国美术史书目

◆ Painting

Acker, William Reynolds Beal.Some Tang and pre-Tang Texts on Chinese Painting. Reprint ed. Westport, CT: Hyperion Press, 1979, 1954-1974. Originally published in Leiden, The Netherlands, by Brill in 1954-1974, in Sinica Leidensia, no. 8 and 12, part 1, it contains translation and annotations of Zhang Y anyuans (9th cent.)Lidai minghuaji, chapter 4-10., a significant work for studying Tang and pre-Tang painting.

Barnhart, Richard M. Peach Blossom Spring: Garden and Flowers in Chinese Paintings. New Y ork: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1983. A catalog of an exhibition of flower-and bird and garden paintings which direct ones attention to nature and its detail. The title originates from the fifth-century poet Tao Jian who believed that the ideal paradise on earth could exist at Peach Blossom Spring.

Barnhart, Richard M. A long the Border of Heaven: Sung and Yüan Painting from the C. C. Wang Family Collection. New Y ork: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1983.Catalog of the private collection of C. C. Wang, one of the best known collectors of Chinese art, living in New Y ork.

Barnhart, Richard M. Painters of the Great Ming: The Imperial Court and the Zhe School. Dallas: The Dallas Museum of Art, 1993. A catalog of an exhibition at the Met and Dallas Museum of Art (its first major Asian art exhibition) in 1993, investigating the work of the professional painters of the Ming dynasty who came from the area of Zhejiang and whose works created a regional style, called the Zhe School.

Barnhart, Richard M.The Jade Studio: Masterpieces of Ming and Qing Painting and Calligraphy from the Wong Nan-p=ing Collection. New Haven: Y ale University Press, 1993. Catalog and exhibition of a private collection formed in the 2nd half of the 20th century, of Ming and Qing painting and calligraphy, illustrating the canon of orthodox painting in China between 1450 and 1850.

Barnhart, Richard M., Wen C. Fong and Maxwell K. Hearn. Mandate of Heaven: Emperors and Artists in China: Chinese Painting and Calligraphy from the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New Y ork. Zurich: Museum Rietberg, 1996. Catalog of an exhibition held at Rietberg Museum in 1996 of 42 of the finest pieces from the Metropolitan Museum, focusing on imperial patronage (with paintings formerly in imperial collections) as well as literati paintings.

Barnhart, Richard M. et al. Three Thousand Y ears of Chinese Painting. New Haven, CT: Y ale University Press, 1997. Hailed as a historical publishing event, the book was the first volume of a 75-book series called The Culture & Civilization of China, a joint publishing venture of Y ale and a Chinese publishing group. Written by six scholars, the book serves as a textbook, tracing the history of Chinese painting from the Neolithic flower and animal designs painted on pottery, rocks and murals to the 20th century, highlighting painting traditions, trends, major artists and regions where Chinese painting flourished.