Out of Print & Extremely Rare: Masterpieces of the Palace Museum, Nigensha

◆ Description

This book is a compilation of the groundbreaking reproduction project that faithfully recreates over 400 masterpieces of calligraphy and painting in Chinese art history. It includes 37 works from the collection of the National Palace Museum in Taipei, as well as 37 masterpieces housed in the Shanghai Museum, Liaoning Provincial Museum, the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art in the United States, and others. The cover features a painting of plum blossoms, one of the "Four Gentlemen" (orchid, bamboo, plum, and chrysanthemum) known as subjects in Oriental painting.

Plum blossoms symbolize the winter season and are an auspicious motif representing strength and hope in overcoming adversity.

Series Name: Masterpieces of the National Palace Museum
Publisher: Nigensha
Contents: This is a collection of the results of a reproduction project aimed at faithfully recreating masterpieces of calligraphy and painting in Chinese art history. It primarily features works from the collection of the National Palace Museum in Taipei, along with masterpieces housed in the Shanghai Museum, Liaoning Provincial Museum, the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art in the United States, and others.

Examples of reproduced works:
Yuan Dynasty: Wang Mian, "Early Spring in the Southern Branches" (cover illustration)
Tang Dynasty: Huaisu, "Autobiographical Essay"
Yuan Dynasty: Zhao Mengfu, "Former and Latter Prose Poems on the Red Cliff"
Song Dynasty: Liang Kai, "Ink Splash Immortal"