Chinese painting prior to the 20th cen-tury achieved great success in depic-tions of landscapes. To engage in such a genre,either wholeheartedly or as a dilettant, is anexciting experience.
Specially prepared for the Western reader in-terested in Chinese painting, this manual with250 colour ill ustrations shows how "mountainsand waters" (which are the predominant mo-tifs of Chinese landscape) are painted, withcomparative explanations of Chinese andWestern artists' different approaches.

Introduction
Chinese Landscape Mountain Water Painting
The "Four Treasures"
The Brush and Strokes
Techniques of Painting Different Objects in Landscape
Trees
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Chinese painting prior to the 20th cen-tury achieved great success in depic-tions of landscapes. To engage in such a genre,either wholeheartedly or as a dilettant, is anexciting experience.
Specially prepared for the Western reader in-terested in Chinese painting, this manual with250 colour ill ustrations shows how "mountainsand waters" (which are the predominant mo-tifs of Chinese landscape) are painted, withcomparative explanations of Chinese andWestern artists' different approaches.