The Mustard Seed Garden Manual of Painting: A Facsimile of the 1887-1888 Shanghai Edition: A Facsimile of the 1887-1888 Shanghai Edition

Originally published as Volume 2 of __The Tao of Painting__, this is the first English translation of the famous Chinese handbook, the "Chieh Tzu Yüan Hua Chuan" (original, 1679-1701). Mai-mai Sze has translated and annotated the texts of instructions, discussions of the fundamentals of painting, notes on the preparation of colors, and chief editorial prefaces. PUBLISHER’S NOTE CONTENTS TRADITIONAL CHRONOLOGY INTRODUCTION NOTE ON TITLE PAGE OF 1679 EDITION PREFACE TO THE SHANGHAI ( 1887-88) EDITION PART I Preface to the First (1679) Edition The Fundamentals of Painting BookofTrees Book of Rocks Book of Jen-wu PART II Preface to the Complete Edition of 1701 Book of the Orchid Book of the Bamboo Book of the Plum Book of the Chrysanthemum PART III Book of Grasses, Insects, and Flowering Plants Book of Feathers-and-Fur and Flowering Plants Concluding Notes on the Preparation of Colors SUMMARY OF THE CHIEH TZU YUAN HUA CHUAN APPENDIX: ANALYSIS OF BASIC TERMS INDEX OF MASTER PAINTERS