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The Hidden Structure of Great Works
Modern Press · 2012
This is Yu Qiuyu's work of art theory, made up of an introduction and a main body. The introduction proposes two hidden structures of great works: fir…
Color Theory
China Youth Press · 2004
Many books on color exist, but few truly explain the "why." This book's distinction lies in the author Zhu Jiaying being both an internationally influ…
Museum Wanderings
Social Sciences Academic Press (SSAP) · 2018
This book collects twenty-eight essays the author wrote for the Tencent · Dajia column, distilled from decades of wandering through major museums and …
Compulsory Education Textbook: Art, Grade 2, Volume 1
People's Fine Arts Publishing House · 2013
This is the Grade 2, Volume 1 art textbook for compulsory education published by People's Fine Arts Publishing House, edited by Chang Ruilun and Ou Ji…
Searching the World for China's Treasures
CITIC Press · 2025
According to incomplete statistics, public museums in the West and Japan hold roughly 1.6 million pieces of ancient Chinese art—only a small fraction …
Gotham City Sirens Vol. 19
Gotham City Sirens is a DC Comics ongoing series launched after the "Batman Reborn" event, written initially by Paul Dini with art by Guillem March an…
Joker/Mask
Joker/Mask is a four-issue limited crossover series published in 2000 through a collaboration between DC Comics and Dark Horse Comics. Written by Henr…
The Chen Wangheng Aesthetics Series (5-Book Set)
Wuhan University Press · 2021
The Chen Wangheng Aesthetics Series is a five-volume collection of aesthetics writings centered on the aesthetic research of Chen Wangheng, professor …
Think Like an Artist: Creative Thinking in Great Paintings
Nanfang Publishing House · 2010
The author, Lee Myung-ok, is a Korean art museum director. She selects representative works by dozens of world-class artists—Leonardo da Vinci, Michel…
Feng Zikai's Four Books on Art (The Taste of Compassion, Understanding Painting, The Mood of Beauty, Understanding Architecture)
Beijing Daily Press · 2017
Feng Zikai's Four Books on Art is a four-volume set of writings on art appreciation published by Beijing Daily Press in 2017. The volumes are The Tast…
Pura · "Ren Shu Ju Lao": Concept and Mechanism
Guangxi Normal University Press · 2022
"Ren shu ju lao" ("When both the person and the calligraphy have grown old") originates from the Tang dynasty calligrapher Sun Guoting's Shupu (Treati…
Harley Quinn Valentine's Day Special #1
DC Comics · 2015
This is a Valentine's Day one-shot DC released for Harley Quinn during the New 52 era, an oversized special published outside the main Harley Quinn se…
Artforms (11th Edition)
China Renmin University Press · 2016
Artforms is an introduction to the visual arts that has been in circulation abroad for more than forty years. Originally titled Prebles' Artforms: An …
A Brief History of Western Architecture
Tsinghua University Press · 2015
This book is an introductory survey of Western architecture for general readers, aiming to sketch concisely the development of Western architecture fr…
Iron Man v1 #120-128
This volume collects The Invincible Iron Man vol. 1 issues #120 through #128, corresponding to the original English Iron Man #120-128 (serialized Marc…
A Child's History of Art (Bilingual English-Chinese Edition) (Volumes 1 & 2)
Tianjin People's Publishing House · 2012
Originally titled A Child's History of Art, this book is the last textbook written for children by the American educator Virgil Mores Hillyer (1875-19…
The Life of Xu Beihong
CITIC Press · 2019
"The Life of Xu Beihong" is a large academic catalogue centered on Xu Beihong's artistic life, compiled by the CAFA Art Museum team on the basis of th…
Western Philosophers on Painting since the 20th Century
The Commercial Press · 2021
This book is a specialized study by the art theorist Ma Qinzhong, in thirteen chapters, taking Western philosophy since the twentieth century as its t…
The Philosophy of the Image: Western Theories of Film and Television Aesthetics
Communication University of China Press · 2009
The Philosophy of the Image: Western Theories of Film and Television Aesthetics is a survey of film and television aesthetic theory by the Chinese sch…
The Screen: Princely Arts and Power in the Ming Dynasty
Shanghai People's Publishing House · 2025
"To guard the imperial house is to be a fief; to display imperial authority is to be a screen." After the Ming dynasty was founded, imperial kinsmen w…