Form and Spirit

8 books

My Memories of Old Beijing (Illustrated Edition) cover
My Memories of Old Beijing (Illustrated Edition) Lin Haiyin / Guan Weixing Yangtze River Literature and Art Publishing House · 2011 This is a novel that can only be described as "clean": no exaggerated dramatic conflict, no preaching, only the quiet, curious gaze of a child. Lin Ha…
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Rating 4.0
Portrait Photography Robert D. Kaplan Liaoning Education Press · 2003 This volume in the National Geographic Society photography series is a practical handbook on portrait and people photography, written by National Geog…
People's Fine Arts Painting Manual: Ren Bonian (Figure Painting) cover
Rating 3.8
People's Fine Arts Painting Manual: Ren Bonian (Figure Painting) 钟捷 People's Fine Arts Publishing House · 2026 This series selects exemplary works from ancient and modern Chinese painting, covering landscape, flower-and-bird, and figure painting. Following the …
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Rating 3.2
The Transmission of Chinese Painting Xiao Dongfa Modern Press · 2025 This book covers the brushwork and ink techniques of Chinese painting, figure, landscape, and flower-and-bird painting brush methods, and theoretical …
Compiled and Annotated Martial Arts Writings of Xue Dian: A True Exposition of Xiangxing Boxing Methods cover
Rating 3.9
Compiled and Annotated Martial Arts Writings of Xue Dian: A True Exposition of Xiangxing Boxing Methods 薛颠 / 王银辉 Beijing Science and Technology Press · 2024 This collection consists of four volumes: 1. Lectures on Xingyi Quan; 2. A True Exposition of Xiangxing Quan; 3. Zen Master Lingkong's Secret Point-St…
Essential Secrets of Portraiture cover
Rating 3.8
Essential Secrets of Portraiture 蒋骥 · 2024 Traditional Chinese culture has a long and profound intellectual history, marked by a high degree of originality, inventiveness, and literary quality.…
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Rating 3.8
Six Methods Anonymous Bashu Publishing House · 2024 The "Six Principles" are a systematic summation of ancient Chinese painting practice. The various concepts involved in the "Six Principles" had alread…
A Concise Painting Manual from the Dreamland Studio (Unannotated Edition) cover
Rating 3.6
A Concise Painting Manual from the Dreamland Studio (Unannotated Edition) 郑绩 · 2015 Written by Zheng Ji of the Qing dynasty in 1866. The work is arranged by category of painting, with separate discussions of landscape, figure painting…