Hunan Fine Arts Publishing House
Also known as: 理想国|湖南美术出版社, 理想国丨湖南美术出版社
- Founded
- 1980
- Country / Region
- China
- Notable books
- 99 Ways to Tell a StoryGardens Have Their RealmWalking the Floating World: Essays on Travel in Japan Through the Lens of Haiku
About the publisher
Hunan Fine Arts Publishing House focuses on art education and art theory, with publishing directions spanning art, design, architecture, social sciences, and popular science. In architecture and garden studies, works such as Chen Congzhou's The Art of Chinese Gardens, Wang Shu's Building a House, and Tong Jun's Villas in Southeast China combine scholarly depth with readability. In art history and popular art, it offers Huang Binhong's A Minimalist History of Chinese Painting: Subtle Insights into Ancient Paintings (Annotated Edition), along with distinctive titles such as Letters to a Friend and 99 Ways to Tell a Story. Botanical notes in Forest Flowers: Margaret Mee's Botanical Notes and the popular science book Feeding Time at the Zoo expand its publishing scope beyond art, while authors such as Matt Madden, Huang Yuanfan, and Li Yongxue further enrich its content resources. The collection available here contains 21 related books; as public information is limited, the above summary of its publishing characteristics is based only on these titles.
Frequent authors
徐冰 (19)Hunan Fine Arts Publishing House (14)Li Xiaoshan (10)Bill Hertel (9)Wo Xinghua (8)Jia Duo (8)Lou Jacobs Jr. (3)Hunan Fine Arts Publishing House, Institute of Modern Art Education (2)Kotteri! (1)Mebae (1)spRachel雷切尔 (1)三浦俊彦 (1)