The Landscape Painting of China and Japan

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Frontcover -- ABOUT THE AUTHOR -- Copyright -- Dedication -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- Contents -- LIST OF PLATES -- The Landscape Painting of CHINA -- 1 The Spirit of Chinese Landscape Painting -- 2 The Beginnings of Chinese Landscape Painting -- 3 The T'ang Period -- 4 The Five Dynasties and Early Sung Periods -- 5 The Northern Sung Period -- 6 The Southern Sung Period -- 7 The Yuan Period -- 8 The Ming Period -- 9 The Ch'ing Period -- The Landscape Painting of JAPAN -- 10 The Beginnings of Landscape Painting in Japan -- 11 The Heian and Kamakura Periods -- 12 The Muromachi Period.;The Landscape Painting of China and Japan presents for the first time in English a full and lucid account of the remarkable art form which, as a distinct tradition in Oriental art, has come to be universally recognized as one of the greatest in the world. The author points out how essential it is to an understanding of the Orient when he says: ""In China alone, landscape painting has religious as well as philosophical significance...and in consequence is one of the great manifestations of the human spirit, as well as the most remarkable creation of the Chinese artistic genius."" An.