The Chinese Literati on Painting

Please note: Many images that appeared in the print version of this title do not appear in this eBook edition, as the publisher does not have digital rights to the images. This classic work, first published in 1971, explores the transition in painting styles from the late Sung period to the art of Yuan dynasty literati. Building on the pioneering work of Oswald Siren and James Cahill, Susan Bush’s investigations of painting done under the Chin dynasty confirmed the dominance of scholar-artists i