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 is a very special book. It offers a mix of Chinese art, Chinese calligraphy and Chinese linguistics. In the main part, it presents 10 characters and shows the connections between objects of art in relation to these characters.