The Art of the Chinese Picture Scroll

The first extended history of the Chinese picture-scroll.
 
The Chinese picture-scroll, a long, horizontal painting or calligraphic work, has been China’s pre-eminent aesthetic form throughout the last two millennia. This first history of the picture-scroll explores its extraordinary longevity and adaptability to social, political, and technological change. The book describes what the picture-scroll demands of a viewer, how China’s artists grappled with its cultural power, and how collectors and connoisseurs left their marks on scrolls for later generations to judge.

• Author: Shane McCausland
• Published February 2024
• 296 pages, hardcover
• 9.8 x 7.5 inches