Literati Style Penjing: Chinese Bonsai Masterworks

Literati Style Penjing: Chinese Bonsai Masterworks by Zhao Qingquan & Thomas S. Elias


ISBN
9781602200180
Published
Released
02 / 11 / 2015
Binding
Hardcover
Pages
160
Dimensions
216 x 279 x 18mm

The art of bonsai is widely known in the West: from the Karate Kid to the American Bonsai Association and even local grocery stores, bonsai has become a common sight in the States. But bonsai, the Japanese art of creating miniature trees, actually originated in China, where it's called penjing. Penjing, meaning "tray scenery," is a traditional Chinese art of creating miniature potted landscapes including trees and other plants. Brought from China to Japan in ancient times before spreading to the West, bonsai/penjing is now popular throughout the world.

In China, the art of creating miniature landscapes has evolved in several different ways. Literati Style Penjing: Chinese Bonsai Masterworks focuses on a special category of penjing associated with traditional Chinese culture, such as the painting of the literati, or elite scholar-bureaucrats, of imperial China.
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