Title: Opinions on Drawings

Author：Zhang Manhua

Publishing House: Shandong Pictorial Publishing House

Publishing Date: 2015.1

Price: 26.00

ISBN 978-7-5474-1245-9

Pages：164

Size：150×228

Content in Briefs:

The self-written part of Opinions on Drawingsincludes 51 essays in total with one title for each essay and contents mainly involve the drawing principles and techniques and relevant appreciations. The unique understanding of the self-written part of Opinions on Drawings is a valuable creating viewpoint of landscape drawings.In the beginning, the author points out “the romantic and elegant landscape” from the standpoint that “landscape drawing is the primary” and the status of landscape drawings is far beyond that of other subjects. The key point of landscape drawing is to “express the elegant and uninhibited emotions in heart”; the pleasure of landscape drawing falls between“writing” cursive script and running script with features of “keeping shapes” and “expressing gestures”. “Artistic conception” is first mentioned in this book, which is a milestone in the history of Chinese drawing theory. This book develops the theory of Zhang Yanyuan and points out that in terms of brushwork, it’s not necessary to draw every detail; even though emotions are emphasized, Tang Zhiqi still insists the significance of “being reasonable” for landscape drawing. The other parts of this book, 26 in total, excerpt from the drawing theories of famous painters from Xie He in the Southern Qi Dynasty to Li Rihua in the Ming Dynasty.