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The magazine specially curates the theme book list of "Touching Beauty"
Let's take paintings, objects, architecture
Literature, film, music as the medium
On a journey that meets beauty
Let's see, hear, and experience
Feel the collision of beauty and heart together
Liu Yong takes you to see the Song painting· Landscape rolls
By Liu Yong
Zhejiang People's Publishing House
March 2022
This book focuses on three of the most famous landscape paintings of the Song Dynasty (Fan Kuan's "Xishan Travel Map", Guo Xi's "Early Spring Map", and Li Tang's "Wind Map of Ten Thousand Pines") as the main analysis objects, from macro comparison to detailed reflection, and explores the characteristics of traditional Chinese landscape painting.
The author takes the reader into the interior of the three paintings in a "personal guide" way, from the macroscopic majestic main mountain to the deep valley waterfall, then from the close-up cliff jungle to the port of the creek, and finally from the microscopic mountain pavilion to the side of each small business traveler and villager... In plain language, it analyzes the essence of the original brush and ink and the artist's realism skills, and then helps readers better understand the epoch-making significance of these three masterpieces.
Remarkable Chinese Painting: A Trace of the Old Collection of the Qing Palace
Afterglow
Shanghai Calligraphy and Painting Publishing House
August 2021
At present, when we are facing an ancient Chinese painting, what should we look at and how to look? Yu Hui, a research librarian of the Palace Museum, selected 10 cases of ancient paintings from the old collection of the Qing Palace, involving more than 10 rare famous paintings, to reveal the secrets of them one by one. The content not only includes the motivation and purpose of creation, painting content, detailed analysis, collection process, etc., but also extends to the court, economy, culture, art and other aspects of ancient China. This book serves as a primer for appreciators of ancient paintings and art history enthusiasts.
Eucalyptus
By Liu Jiuzhou
Zhejiang People's Art Publishing House
November 2022
As the deputy editor of the "Great Series of Chinese Paintings", "Complete Works of Song Painting" and "Complete Works of Yuan Paintings", Mr. Liu Jiuzhou has visited more than 20 museums in Europe and the United States, and conducted a comprehensive investigation and research on the ancient Chinese paintings and calligraphy collected by European and American museums for ten years. During this time, he completed a series of connoisseurial essays based on work notes and visual notes, which were short and concise and rich in content. From this book, we can appreciate the latest exploration of ancient calligraphy and painting by contemporary art historians, which can be called a guide for the exhibition of Song and Yuan paintings in major museums in Europe and the United States.
An art lesson opened by a painting
By Uncle Dong
China Textile Press
March 2019
"Mona Lisa", "The Last Supper", "Sunflower", "Water Lilies"... In the face of these world-famous paintings, we are often like facing "familiar strangers". Why are they good? What's so good about it? How exactly should I appreciate them? The book selects 10 influential masters in the history of Western art, such as Giotto, Leonardo da Vinci, Raphael, Monet, Van Gogh, etc., what are their masterpieces, how should we appreciate them, and what kind of stories are behind them.
Sanxingdui: The myth of bronze casting
By Wang Renxiang
Bashu Books
September 2022
In 2021, the archaeology of Sanxingdui site was once again discovered, and cultural relics such as bronze sacred trees, bronze-topped kneeling statues, bronze twisted head kneeling statues, large bronze masks, and gold masks were unearthed, triggering a new round of exploration and research on Sanxingdui. This book includes Mr. Wang Renxiang's research and thoughts on Sanxingdui utensils and ornaments. The book not only outlines the mysteries and weirdness of the ancient Shu culture, but also shows the exchange and integration between the ancient Shu era and the Central Plains culture and other cultures, which is a vivid example of the diversity and unity of Chinese culture.
Seven Appointments with Shosoin – Nara Museum Exhibition Essays
Rising waters
Shanghai Calligraphy and Painting Publishing House
July 2021
The Japanese Shosoin Temple is the most famous institution outside of China to collect Tang Dynasty artifacts. The Tang Dynasty cultural relics in Zhengcang Temple have been preserved to this day, and their completeness and exquisite degree are incomparable with the excavated cultural relics. Since 2012, every autumn, Mr. Yonosui has visited Shoso-in. After seven "dates", she combined the treasures she saw in the Tang Dynasty with the details of her life history and the corresponding events of poetry, and recorded the bits and pieces she saw in the exhibition hall with delicate writing: guqin, ancient mirrors, office utensils, incense burners, chessboards, gold and silver jewelry... With consistent rigorous research, combined with poetry documents, archaeological materials and image materials, we will take us to appreciate the stories and culture behind cultural relics, restore the original appearance of history, and present the life of the Tang people.
The old garden is a dream
By Jia Jun
Purui Culture· Hunan Fine Arts Publishing House
November 2022
Classical gardens are a window to understand Chinese civilization, and they are the spiritual gardens of every Chinese, pinning our yearning for an ideal life and living with nature. From the high platform and thick pavilions of the pre-Qin Dynasty to the mountain villas of the Six Dynasties, from the elegant and elegant beauty of the Tang and Song dynasties to the twists and turns of the Ming and Qing dynasties, there are a variety of gardens in Chinese history. Today, a few of these gardens have survived to this day, and most of them have disappeared or become ruins. Through combing through literature, field investigation, and restoring imagination, the author reproduces the landscape of ancient famous gardens, vividly tells the story hidden behind the garden, leads readers to feel the beauty of classical Chinese gardens, fully appreciates the aesthetic interest of the ancients, and the dreams they place on in the garden.
Poetry and elegance: garden art and lifestyle of the Song Dynasty
Hou Yihui
Zhejiang People's Publishing House
November 2022
Since the Tang Dynasty, gardens have become a very important part of Chinese culture. By the Song Dynasty, gardens and Song life had become inseparable. Although the rich and powerful can manage the vast and magnificent landscape environment, ordinary city dwellers and even poor families can also plant flowers and trees around their houses, and arrange simple gardens with potted ponds. Based on the poetry of the Song people, this book explores the artistic achievements of the Song Dynasty garden, as well as the content and cultural significance of garden life in the Song Dynasty, through the collation, interpretation and analysis of the poems, the accounts of other historical chronicles and notebooks, and the author's personal experience of mountain residence and garden tours.
Residential pilgrimage
【Japan】By Yoshifumi Nakamura
Translated by Lin Zheng
Produced by Zhanlu Culture
China Textile Press
October 2021
This book is a true record of the well-known Japanese architect and writer Yoshifumi Nakamura after visiting the residential works of eight famous contemporary architects. The author is in these residences, and writes down what he sees, feels, and thinks, feels their architectural spirit, the reason for becoming a masterpiece, and the designer's sustenance in it. This book can not only meet the professional learning needs of architectural practitioners, but also bring a high level of artistic edification to ordinary readers, and at the same time provide accurate and practical guide maps for field visits. Open this book and start your "house tour"!
Let's talk about the poetic god
By Wang Wei
Shanghai Literature and Art Publishing House
January 2023
This book is a series of lecture records made by poet Wang Wei at the China Academy of Art in 2019~2020 with the theme of "Trying to Discuss the God of Poetry". Starting from classic poetry texts from different periods such as "Little Jiding", "The Bronze Horseman", "Poetry Interpretation", "Twelve", "Poetry Theory" and "Victory", Wang Wei deeply analyzed the important propositions such as "what is the mainstream", "crossover moment", "style problem", "poetry and truth", etc., which are cutting from history to the present, and has a rich understanding of world literature and intellectual history.
The meaning of literature
By Huang Ziping
Reading Culture· Tianjin People's Publishing House
December 2022
This book takes you into the temple of 20th-century Chinese literature, restoring the taste of literature and the power of language. The book is divided into three series: the meaning of literature, marginal reading, and fear of writing. "The Meaning of Literature" aims to explain the meaning and interest of literature; "Marginal Reading" hopes that the reader can maintain the posture of a bystander, and develop a reading strategy of reading gaps and reading between the lines, treating reading as a guerrilla movement of text and meaning; Because "fear without liking is not real fear, and liking without fear is not really liking", "Fear of Writing" hopes that in today's rampant verbal violence, there are still people who like to read, and there are still people who fear the power of words.
Tang and Song Dynasty Novels
By Wang Zhaopeng
Guangxi Normal University Press· The university asked
November 2021
This book divides Tang and Song Dynasty words into 13 categories according to the content theme, such as dating, parting, lovesickness, mourning, family affection, temperament, pride, humor, urban, rural, landscape, yingwu, and nostalgia, and selects classic works of each type of word that are widely circulated to explain. The life experiences of more than 20 representative figures of Tang and Song Dynasties, the appreciation and analysis of 87 good words and the stories behind them are connected into a glorious history of Tang and Song dynasties. The author creates an appreciation method of imagination and restoration, so that readers can appreciate and taste the classics of Tang and Song Dynasties, while comprehending the wisdom of the lyricist's life and experiencing the various emotional conditions of life.
Seven Days of Literature: Talk about literature with Liang Yongan
By Liang Yongan and Liu Mengyun
Wenhui Press
November 2022
This book is an endless conversation about fiction with young readers. In an informative and interesting dialogue way, the seven well-known classics ("Don Quixote", "Decameron", "Pride and Prejudice", "Madame Bovary", "The Great Gatsby", "Trip to India", "Dark Heart") are collaged into a vivid cultural map, which explores the thought-provoking historical coordinates in the novel for readers and allows readers to find spiritual tree holes in deep reading.
Reading of classic European and American movies
Sun Yijun, Wang Yiwen, and Zeng Hong
Beijing Normal University Press
June 2015
This book is a book that systematically studies and interprets the classic film genres of Europe and the United States from multiple perspectives. The book discusses and interprets film genres such as romance films, war films, comedy films, science fiction films, horror films, and song and dance films, and each chapter cuts into and observes from three levels: historical description, interpretation strategy, and model film reading. Provide readers with a macroscopic viewing perspective, analyze and interpret the angles and basic methods of the film, and provide specific examples at the micro level.
Ninth Symphony: Beethoven and the World of 1824
【Beauty】Harvey S. By Saxophone
Translated by Zhu Mingyue and Ding Yajing
Guangxi Normal University Press, Shanghai Bebet
April 2022
Beethoven's Ninth Symphony, premiered on May 7, 1824, is an important event in the history of music and even art. Musicologist Harvey Sachs paints details about the work, revealing why it became a benchmark for the artistic creation of future generations of composers, and how Beethoven embodies the gift of Romanticism here. It also examines the artistic ideas and political views of important figures in the cultural history of the same period, such as Byron, Pushkin, Delacroix, Stendhal, and Heine, whose works together with Beethoven's Ninth Symphony weave a fascinating cultural picture.
Cheng Ho Minimalist Musical Theatre Handbook
Cheng He
Shanghai Jiao Tong University Press
March 2022
This book is a systematic and comprehensive introduction to the art of musical theater art popular science reading, from what is musical, the past and present life of musical, the appreciation of musical, the four major sections of musical theater in front of and behind the scenes, vividly showing the inside and outside of musical theater art, past and present, presenting the whole process of a musical from 0 to on the stage, with clear knowledge points and vivid stories for readers to understand musical theater provides an interesting and beneficial reference.