Posts filed under 'Books on Scholars' Rocks'
Modern Chinese Scholars’ Rocks - A Guide for Collectors
By Kemin Hu
Through descriptions and color photographs, Modern Chinese Scholars’ Rocks introduces 50 stone types, including their mineral compositions, typical colors, hardness on the Mohr scale, and where they are found or quarried. Also included in this book are ways to position stones, choosing the right stand and right display, craftsmanship of stand making, and more.
$25 (Kemin Hu’s signature is available) Floating World Editions, 2006
8.5″ x 11″, Soft Cover
($30 Retail)
February 7th, 2008
The Suyuan Stone Catalogue: Scholars’ Rocks in Ancient China
by Kemin Hu
This is one of the most comprehensive and important texts on the collection and appreciation of scholars’ rocks (gongshi) in ancient China. The selections included here, the first to be published in English, are presented with insightful commentary and over 188 wood-block and full-color illustrations, creating an invaluable reference book for all those interested in traditional Chinese aesthetics, gardens, penjing, or simply the brilliant art of nature.
$40 (Kemin Hu’s signature is available) Weatherhill, 2002
156 pages. 8.5″ x 11″, Hard Cover
($50 Retail)
February 7th, 2008
The Spirit of Gongshi: Chinese Scholar’s Rocks
By Kemin Hu
With essays by Ian Wilson, Richard Rosenblum, C.C. Wang, and Hu Zhaokang. This column is a survey of Chinese Scholar’s Rocks from important private collections in America and China. Over 200 color illustrations, text in English and Chinese.
$35 (Kemin Hu’s signature is available) Paragon, 1998
128 pages. 8.5″ x 11″, Soft Cover
($40 Retail)
February 7th, 2008
Art of the Natural World: Resonances of Wild Nature in Chinese Sculptural Art
By Richard Rosenblum
This volume offers a meditation by the noted artist and collector Richard Rosenblum on the philosophy and spirit of Chinese art of the natural world, from scholars’ rocks to related objects in wood, metal, and ceramic - as well as such reverse manifestations as works sculptured to replicate natural art.
$35 MFA Publications, 2001
157 pages. 7.5″ x 10.5″, Hard Cover
February 7th, 2008
Worlds Within Worlds: The Richard Rosenblum Collection (SOLD OUT)
By Robert Mowry
$40 Harvard University, Cambridge, MA. 1997.
317 pages. 7.5″ x 11″, Soft Cover
February 7th, 2008
The Suyuan Stone Catalogue (original Chinese volumes)
By Lin Youlin (1578 - 1647)
In its four volumes, the Suyuan Stone Catalogue introduces about a hundred famous stones and rock types with commentary, and 235 illustrations. Readers can appreciate their charm through both pictures and text, which enable them to recognize famous stones once possessed by celebrities like Mi Fu and Su Shi.
$50 Text in Chinese with hard silk box, 1613, reprint 2002
172 pages. 6.5″ x 10.5″, Soft cover
February 7th, 2008
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