This book brings together what is known of the material aspects of the paintings of East Asia -China, Japan and Korea - covering the components used, painting structures, certain aspects of painting techniques, and the mechanisms of deterioration. It concentrates on those works in the mainstream of art history, largely paintings on flexible supports and typically mounted as scrolls.
East Asian Paintings: Materials, Structures and Deterioration Mechanisms
ISBN
9781904982319Authors
Winter, JohnExtent
201Format
HardcoverYear
2008Publisher
Archetype Publications