Being composed of five volumes, The Teaching Model of Copies of Classical Chinese Paintings•Volume of Figure Paintings is the latest publication of Anhui Fine Arts Publishing House on explaining the techniques and copying methods of traditional Chinese Gongbi (traditional Chinese realistic painting characterized by fine brushwork and close attention to detail) figure paintings. Taking many classical meticulous figure paintings in different periods of Chinese history as examples and combining the copying methods of these paintings, the book makes an in-depth analysis of the layout, colors, strokes, poses and changes of techniques of major schools of these works, being a set of valuable books on teaching skills and techniques of traditional Chinese paintings.
The cover of The Teaching Model of Copies of Classical Chinese Paintings•Volume of Figure Paintings
This book gives useful directions to students learning traditional meticulous figure paintings. Firstly, the paintings mentioned in the book are all great pieces acknowledged in the history of fine arts and important works in development of Chinese paintings, having immense artistic value and a great many techniques and skills, suitable for students to copy and practice. The understanding and command of painting techniques are both important content and one of the basics of learning traditional Chinese paintings.
Secondly, this book focuses on the detailed explanation of techniques and skills of every painting cited, and in particular, gives painstaking introduction and explanation of the techniques, layout and copying skills from the perspective of modern teaching of paintings. This is also the most valuable part of the book. The analyses and explanations are all based on years of artistic practice of the author. The book cost the author, Mr. Chen Yunquan ten years during which he collected and sorted out large quantities of materials on techniques of meticulous figure paintings and had many painstaking analytic studies and teaching practices, obtaining many valuable results in techniques of traditional meticulous figure paintings.
Finally the book uses a high-end simulation of printing technology, the printing quality is the best among similar books available on the market. During the publication of the book, the publisher spent a lot on the finest paper and materials possible and tried our best to keep the original sizes of the paintings selected in an attempt to offer readers the models closest to the authentic works and keep the original appearance, rich details and real colors of the original paintings to help readers better understand, learn and copy these model paintings.
To learn traditional meticulous figure paintings, it is imperative to learn about the styles and theories of traditional Chinese paintings, but more importantly, to command the materials and techniques, only by so doing can we better understand the essence of meticulous figure painting while appreciating the best works of our predecessors, and to inherit and carry forward this ancient but charming form of art. This is the only way for the revival of traditional meticulous paintings and at the same time the significance for publishing this book.(By Wan Meiwen) |
