Kangxi Emperor Original Edition Manual of the Mustard Seed Garden (Flora and Fauna Painting Volume--The Fascicle of Bamboo) (Chinese Edition)

Manual of the Mustard Seed Garden"" is known to everybody in Chinese painting circle which is more common in black and white version. Now, Anhui Fine Arts Publishing House has published a color version of this manual for readers. This is an edition from Emperor Kangxi period, printed and attractively presented with mild colors. Most importantly, it is full of clear technique pictures, and nostalgic, rustic, heavy and smooth. Beginners can use it as a valuable book to enter the palace of art, because some modern and contemporary painting masters such as Huang Binhong, Qi Baishi, Pan Tianshou, Fu Baoshi and so on, have benefited from this painting manual which can be described as an enlightenment mentor for traditional Chinese painting. Appreciators can treat it as an antique and enjoy leisurely and carefree mood of ancient painters from sincere old Song typeface words as well as natural and interesting landscape flowers.