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The Three Perfections: Chinese Painting, Poetry and Calligraphy
The Three Perfections Chinese Painting Poetry and Calligraphy Author:Michael Sullivan What do the Chinese write on their paintings? Why do they write on them? In this newly revised volume--now illustrated in color--Michael Sullivan provides a lucid and engaging analysis of the intimate relationships among painting, poetry, and calligraphy in Chinese culture. The fundamental unity of writing and painting is shown to be an ancient,... more » though still valid, concept in China. Twenty-six luminous reproductions of celebrated works of art illustrate key aspects of this superb union of literature and the visual arts.« less