Ming Qing Hua Niao Hua

Flower and Bird Painting of the Ming and Qing Periods

The University of Hong Kong

Edited by Li Chi-kwong, this catalogue accompanies an exhibition jointly organized by the Guangdong Provincial Museum and the Art Museum, The Chinese University of Hong Kong. One hundred representative flower and bird paintings of the Ming and Qing periods are selected from the two museums collections. The best-known painters and styles of this revolutionary period are included: from Lin Liang and L| Ji of the early Ming, who established the court academy style, to Chen Chun and Xu Wei, who introduced the impressionistic splash-ink method, to Zhou Zhimian of the late Ming, who created the outline-and-wash technique. For Qing painters, we start from the boneless style of Yun Shouping, followed by the expressionist fervour of the Eight Eccentrics of Yangzhou, and finally, the colourful yet commercialized orientation of the "Shanghai School". All exhibits are reproduced in full colour with detail description and brief biographies of the painters. Mr. Zhu Wanzhang of the Guangdong Provincial Museum contributed an article recounting the development of flower and bird painting throughout Ming and Qing times.

Price: US$65.00