Chinese Art

A wonderful gift set - with hardcover art book Colorful China - Rare Fowls and strange animals. Discover artfully inspired motifs of Chinese birds and mythical animals known from legends and Chinese mythology.

A wonderful gift set - with hardcover art book Colorful China - Blossom Age - discover artistically inspired ornaments and motifs of Chinese flowers and floral patterns, which have their origins in the past dynasties, such as the Tang- or Han-dynasty.

A wonderful gift set - with hardcover art book Colorful China - Flying Apsaras - discover artistically inspired motifs of Chinese Apsaras (in Chinese also called tiannü, these are demigods inspired by Buddhist mythology).

Like Pictures - Like Chinese is an artistically valuable Chinese character discovery book for Chinese children. After ten years of field study in oracle bone script (note: oracle bone inscriptions are an original form of Chinese characters), a father edited this book for his three-year-old daughter in order to teach her the correct Chinese character learning method. He teamed up with an illustrious group, including a child psychologist and a children's book illustrator. The result is this unique works.

This illustrated book features a biography of brother Berchmann, an essay on the poitioning of his contribution to China's modern art history, as well as the passage from his diaries describing his long farewell. Admire brother Berchmann's works, his watercolor paintings and sketches that inspired him to show the old buildings of Beijing's with a new life. All texts are bilingual Chinese-German.

This book provides step-by-step instructions with color images and annotations in simplified Chinese and English for making Chinese knots. Suitable for use in Chinese classroom activities, recommended as a special course lasting 6-8 class hours. Also suitable for self-learners at home. Get to know different knotting techniques and the combination with decorative elements. The Chinese Knot is a decorative Chinese craft art form that has survived from the Tang and Song dynasties. The illustrations are mostly self-explanatory. The Chinese Bridge Summer Camp for Foreign Students series by Hanban Confucius Institute Headquarters is particularly suitable for children and teenagers in workshops or in time-limited activities.

Lianpu is the Chinese operatic art of painting the face of the actors. Theatrical make-up is a fine art used in performance mainly to enhance the role of character in the story and to express their characteristics.

German language edition. This illustrated book shows beautifully designed unique pieces of Chinese cloth art from the chapters children's hats, stuffed animals, ear pillows, traditional baby bibs, traditional Hebao bags, pillow embroidery, traditional belly bands, ethnic clothing embroidery, popular cross embroidery. Enriched by German-language texts, about 100 examples of traditional Chinese textile work are presented, which are regaining popularity in our time.

This illustrated book presents Chinese folk masks with German-language annotations. The Chinese folk masks look back on a long history. The folk masks are closely related to song and dance in primitive society, witchcraft, totem worship, folk song and dance, and folk operas, and reflect beliefs, customs, life wishes, and ideals of beauty of various ethnic groups in China.

Experience in this illustrated book nearly 100 colorful Chinese New Year pictures with various explanations in German language.

The illustrated book presents about 100 Chinese peasant images with German inscriptions from the chapters Jinshan peasant painting in Shanghai, peasant painting from Dongfeng in Jilin province, peasant painting from Huxian in Shaanxi province, peasant painting from Huangzhong in Qinghai province and peasant painting from Qijiang in Chongqing.

This book presents in five categories banner-like paper cuts, paper cutouts as gifts, silhouettes as wedding pictures, silhouettes as embroidery designs and paper cuts as decoration. The approximately 100 artistic illustrations are accompanied by various annotations in German language.

This book about the Chinese paper cutting is a mixture of step-by-step instructions for making Chinese paper cuts with the most popular traditional characters - instruction for Chinese teachers as well as self-learning material for Chinese learners. Most of the instructions are, however, written in Chinese characters only, some with English translation, but the translation is more oriented to the cultural notes. The main target group for this work is more to be seen in Chinese teachers.

This book introduces Chinese calligraphy and ink paiting and helps to create your own work of calligraphy and ink painting.

This book shows with vivid examples how selected Chinese ceramic products can be easily produced by yourself, your kids or by students. With pictures of known ceramic works, a brief explanation of the production process and techniques of ceramic production process. The production of these ceramic products is explained with the help of minimalist step-by-step instructions: lucky fish, figure in the manner of Xi'an terracotta warrior, tripod, dragon, house, lion, eaves tile. With instructions in Chinese and English, the illustrations are mostly self-explanatory.

This book presents with many illustrative examples how Chinese paper-cuts can be made easily yourself. With many pictures that guide step by step and still leave space for individual adjustments. With instructions in Chinese and English, but the illustrations are self-explanatory.

In this volume, Chinese Fine Arts, we take you to a distinguished gallery featuring Chinese fine arts developed over thousands of years. Chinese calligraphy, painting, music, dance, theatre and sculpture are the different mediums used by uninhibited artists to convey both the beautiful and grotesque of Chinese society. From the works of art compiled in this book, you can learn about China’s interactions with her neighbours, political tussles in the Imperial Court and the psyche of the ordinary folk.

China: Volkskunst shows readers some photos of some well-known Chinese traditional handicrafts, such as paper-cuttings, shadow-plays, little silver sculptures and so on. And this book also provides readers with some simple explanations. A fabulous book for collection.

The Chinese have made great contributions to world culture in fields such as the making of silk and porcelain. This book will provide the details and the many stories related to their origins.

Professor Chen Wangheng, a scholar on traditional Chinese aesthetics, has made an in-depth analysis of the historical features and achievements of Chinese bronze. In these pages, he has shown convincingly that it was Chinese bronze art that nurtured the beginnings of Chinese culture, and that this art was rich in aesthetic, artistic and social concepts. Enhanced by more than 80 illustrations and plates of important pieces.