Chinese Art

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.

This illustrated book with German annotations mainly presents historical ceramics and porcelain with attractive pictures and various annotations. The following chapters are listed: Pottery in the Neolithic Age, from pottery to porcelain - a major step in the Han dynasty, ceramics and porcelain during the Wei and Jin periods, as well as in the Southern and Northern dynasties, ceramics and porcelain in the Sui and Tang Dynasty, pottery and porcelain in the Song Dynasty, pottery and porcelain in the Yuan and Ming dynasties, pottery and porcelain in the Qing Dynasty, pottery and porcelain in modern times.

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.

Kite flying has an ancient tradition in China and can be traced back to the spring and autumn periods (770-476 BC) and the Warring States period (475-221 BC). This illustrated book presents about 100 artistic and especially unusual Chinese dragons, such as magnificent Peking dragons, imperial style or exclusive Tianjin-style dragons, the result of the highest level of craftsmanship. Experience the dragons in this color edition with German explanations.

German edition. This richly illustrated work brings China closer in 30 chapters. With their vivid portrayal of the highlights of Chinese culture, the authors show insights into the thinking and feeling of the Chinese. We immerse ourselves in a five-thousand-year-long caleidoscope of the spirit of creation and the search for the new, which is still opening up in the folk traditions of China. Thus, cultural characteristics, views of life, aesthetics and the self-confidence of the Chinese can be better understood. Every work of art, every building tells its own fascinating story.

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 has an ancient civilzation with a very long history. Understand it solely through the study of document is clearly inadequate. A wealth of objects and remains has been preserved on Chinasvast territory and underground; much of which has been collected and is exhibited in various kind of museums. This raw material of history can, in a certain sense, be considered more valuable for our understanding of the past of China than documents and historical records.