Os materiais e as técnicas da pintura mural chinesa do século VIII

Lucien van Valen, The Matter of Chinese Painting. Case studies of 8th century murals, Tese de doutoramento, Universiteit Leiden, 2005.

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Índice:

• Introduction 1
• Searching for its real substance 1
• Questions on material aspects 2
• The Location of the Paintings 2
• Classical Chinese sources on the matter of painting 3
• Secondary Western sources on the matter of Chinese painting 5
• The use of original samples 7
• The need for information 7

• Chapter 1. The Present Location of the Tang-murals 9
• The artworks in the Museum 12
• Walking perspective 12
• The re-assembly of the wall paintings 15
• New contexts and the original structure of the tombs 20

• Chapter 2. From Xie He to Shen Gua 45
• Xie He, Criticism on Painters, 490 CE 45
• A 6th century sequel by Yao Cui (500 – 552?) 58
• Xiao Yi, The secret of painting. 59
• Zhang Yanyuan, Famous Painters of all Dynasties, 847 CE 61
• Shen Gua and his Brush notes from the Dreamstream 66

• Chapter 3. The composition of paint 71
• Mineral paint 71
• Vegetable Dyes and other organic materials 102
• The fabrication of brushes and ink 124

• Chapter 4. The technique of the murals 127
• The Samples 127
• Layers for testing 133

• Chapter 5. The Sample Analysis 151
• Sample ZQX1 158
• Overview of the results of the samples 166
• Modern reference materials 180

• Concluding Observations 183