Dream of Red Mansions: As portrayed through the brush of Sun Wen

by Wen Sun (Illustrator), Kexi Zhou (Adapted by)

Overview

This exquisite edition of A Dream of Red Mansions features a rare set of Qing Dynasty paintings by Sun Wen. This collector's edition features a complete set of Sun Wen's 230 paintings in splendid color, printed on fine paper. Condensed text from the original novel accompanies each of the paintings and offers a wonderful insight and a brief summary of each of the 120 chapters.

This rare edition will be a keepsake for many generations, and is perfect for gift-giving and presentations. The original paintings are presently preserved in Lvshun Museum, Dalian, China.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781602200043
Publisher:	Shanghai Press
Publication date:	09/10/2010
Edition description:	1st Edition, Boxed Set/Slip Cased/Casebound
Pages:	234
Product dimensions:	13.70(w) x 10.70(h) x 1.20(d)

About the Author

Sun Wen (1818—1904), a Qing dynasty artist, spent 36 years doing a series of paintings on silk, telling the story of Hong Lou Meng (A Dream of Red Mansions), a famous Chinese literary classic.

Editorial Reviews

"As one leafs through this luxurious folio, one encounters a panoply of late Imperial Chinese images — dream sequences, demons, goddesses, nuns, nobles, beggars, raging fires, landscapes, interiors, wildlife, gardens, temples, funerals, battles, processions, banquets, trials, operas, marriages — all rendered in exquisite detail by the artist. The highly realistic figures display the full ranges of human emotion and interaction. The folio thereby provides a broad and meticulously rendered nearly-cinematic exposure to aristocratic life in the China of the late 1800s. In sum, A Dream of Red Mansions, as portrayed through the brush of Sun Wen provides an immersive experience of late Imperial China, one that entices, entertains and enraptures the reader, the historian, and the art lover alike." —Examiner.com

From the Publisher