The Art of Chinese Miniature Landscape

China has constructed miniature landscapes for more than a thousand years. Chinese miniature landscape spread to Japan and other countries through cultural exchange Miniature landscape takes trees and rocks as materials and,thanks to careful adornment and cultivation,re-creates the charms of nature. It is an in dispensable work of art for interior furnishing and garden arrangement. Broadly,it consists of stump miniature landscape and rockery miniature landscape. In the course of long development. Various schools and styles of miniature landscape have evolved in different parts of China. Some landscapes are hardy and of classic simplicity,some are ethereal and unbridled,some are fine and elegant,some are energetic and ingenious. Illustrated with over a hundred plates,the book demonstrates the construction of stump miniature landscapes and rockery miniature landscapes, showing the characteristics and charms of divers kinds. The book includes a long essay on the history and schools of Chinese miniature landscape,the patterns and types of stump landscape and rockery landscape,the sources for materials,methods of construction and techniques of cultivation and maintenance. It also describes requirements for pots and stands and the art of displaying miniature landscape. Many drawings in the book will help readers when they construct miniature landscapes. The book is published in English,French and German.