The Art of Chan Yu San: Painting, Calligraphy and Seal Engraving (in Chinese) 2008 28.5 X 21cm　paperback　
187pp（158 color plate） ISBN：978-962-7101-88-8
Book price：HKD$200 / US$26
Postage：local HKD$31 / overseas US$7.10

An Art Museum exhibition catalogue on the art of Chan Yu San (1904-1987), a twentieth century artist of Hong Kong. Assembled are 50 paintings, 28 pieces of calligraphy and around 300 seals. In calligraphy, Chan's running and standard scripts show the strong structural composition derived from the more archaic seal and clerical scripts, retaining the essence of bronze and stele epigraphic style. In painting, he modelled his landscapes after Song and Yuan masters, and they are infiltrated with a touch of elegance. His plum blossoms reveal the calligraphic brushstrokes of Wang Shishen while the antiqueness calls to mind the painting style of Chen Lu. His lotuses, drawn by applying the Western painting technique, mimic the flowers in a modern realistic style. Chan was also adept at finger painting. During his late years, Chan undertook seal engraving as his major artistic endeavour and made a reputation for himself in this scholarly art form, especially through his seals after the style of Han-dynasty intaglio seals, and through his side inscriptions. The retrospective exhibition is made possible through loans from Chan's family and students, and the fully illustrated catalogue is an indispensable reference for the appreciation on the art of Chan Yu Shan.

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The Studio and the Altar: Daoist Art in China
(in Chinese and English) Edited by Yau Chi On and Yau Hok Wa
ISBN: 978-962-7101-87-1 Hardcover Edition, 234 pages
Price: HKD$250 / US$32.50
Postage: local HK$50 / overseas US$9.50

This catalogue features about a hundred items of Daoist art objects dated from the Han to the Qing dynasties, including portraits of immortals, bronzes, porcelain, wood-carvings, to calligraphy, rubbings, Daoist texts and ritual manuscripts. All are with full-color illustrations and detailed descriptions. Furthermore, there are two scholarly research articles contributed by Prof. Lai Chi Tim, Director of the Centre for the Studies of Daoist Culture of the Chinese University of Hong Kong and Prof. Kristofer Schipper, Director of the International Sinological Institute of Fuzhou University. The chronology of Major Daoist Events, the Map of Daoist Sacred Sites in China and selected bibliography are also listed for reference.

Ethereal Elegance:
Porcelain Vases of the Imperial Qing.
The Huaihaitang Collection
(in Chinese and English)
Edited by Peter Y.K.Lam
ISBN: 978-962-7101-84-0 Hardcover, 399 pages
Price: HKD$350 / US$46
Postage: local HK$65 / overseas US$13.30

This exhibition catalogue, published by the Art Museum, showcases a total of 143 pieces of imperial porcelain vases of the Qing dynasty, selected from the Huaihaitang Collection of the world-renowned collector, Mr. Anthony K. W. Cheung. Production of porcelain reached its peak in the Qing dynasty. While inheriting tradition, the Imperial Factory of Jingdezhen also revealed its creativity and refined ceramic technology. This catalogue features an array of such masterpieces, highlighting the fine craftsmanship and the extravagance of the imperial collection.

Celestial Creations:
Art of the Chinese Goldsmith. The Cheng Xun Tang Collection
Two volumes (Vol.1 from Shang to Yuan dynasties; Vol.2 from Ming to Qing dynasties)(Chinese and English)
Edited by Peter Y. K. Lam
2007 2 volumes in 1 case 21 x 29cm 704pp
485 color plates ISBN 978-962-7101-82-6
Price US$130/ HK$1,000
Postage Overseas US$20／Local HK$85

In this two-volume catalogue, 395 items or 1,300 pieces of Chinese gold ornaments from the Shang to the Qing dynasties are featured. They are all selected from the renowned Cheng Xun Tang Collection. The catalogue aims at providing a comprehensive and systematic introduction to the art of Chinese goldsmith. Presented in the gold ornaments are rich motifs ranging from flowers and insects to legendary figures and auspicious symbols. Alongside religious patterns originated from Buddhism, Daoism or Tibetan art, there are also exotic designs imported from the Middle East and the West. The goldsmith techniques involve hammering, filigree, inlaying of gem stones and kingfisher feathers. In this catalogue all the gold ornaments are fully illustrated with detailed descriptive entries in both Chinese and English, mentioning comparable pieces excavated from an archaeological context or supplemented with sketch drawings. This two-volume catalogue published by the Art Museum, Institute of Chinese Studies, The Chinese University of Hong Kong will be an indispensable reference on Chinese gold ornament for years to come.

This exhibition, DOUBLE BEAUTY II, presented at the Art Museum, Institute of Chinese Studies, the Chinese University of Hong Kong, in March 2007, is the sequel to DOUBLE BEAUTY, organized at the Art Museum in 2003, and comprises a selection of a further 150 couplets. The Chinese couplet is a unique literary form that manifests the extensive use of parallelism in the classic tradition. In addition, a couplet reflects the writer's knowledge of epigraphic studies and Chinese philology as well as his artistic accomplishment in calligraphy. Couplets became an increasingly popular art form in the Qing dynasty. Calligraphers, scholars, officials and even emperors often wrote couplets not simply as art works but also as gifts. Important both for their aesthetic value and their social function, these Qing dynasty couplets, as a whole, represent the wealth of calligraphy of the period. The 150 works in this catalogue are by 129 well-known artists, including princes and officials such as Yongxing and Yinghe; calligraphers who specialized in model-books such as Liu Yong and Wang Wenzhi; those renowned for seal script and clerical script such as Deng Shiru and Yi Bingshou; and those who specialized in stelae studies such as He Shaoji and Kang Youwei. Painters such as Gao Fenghan and Fei Danxu and seal-carvers such as Huang Yi and Huang Shiling are also represented here. All the couplets are from the Lechangzai Xuan Collection of Mr. Harold Wong, a renowned landscape painter and a connoisseur on Chinese painting and calligraphy. This catalogue consists of full color plates of the 150 selected couplets and entries detailing research done by graduate students and research assistants at the Department of Fine Arts, The Chinese University of Hong Kong. Included are five scholarly essays by Bai Qianzhen of Boston University, Daniel C. K. Lau of Hong Kong Baptist University and Wong Kuan-io, Chen Ya Fei and Chang Ngai Yee of The Chinese University of Hong Kong.

Second editon of Master of Cursive Calligraphy:
Yu Youren 1879-1964 (in Chinese)
2006 hardcover 36 × 25.5 cm 126 pp.
ISBN: 978-962-7101-79-6
Price: US$26 / HK$200
Postage and handling:
overseas US$9.6 / local HK$200

Second edition of the catalogue of an exhibition held in 2005 at the Art Museum, The Chinese University of Hong Kong. With 90 pieces of calligraphy to illustrate Yu Youren's (1879-1964) handwriting of different periods, it gives a broad overview of the Master's various styles. Yu was a journalist, a veteran of the 1911 Revolution, a poet, an educator and a statesman. The art of calligraphy was his lifelong pursuit. In the beginning, he emulated the classical style of Wang Xizhi (321-379) and Zhao Mengfu (1254-1322). He subsequently discovered the charm of Northern Wei (368-534) inscriptions cut into stone. Upon reaching middle-age, he devoted himself to the study of the cursive script and created the "standardized cursive script", which made substantial impact during his time. The exhibits are drawn from the collections of Mr. Yu's descendants, as well as from public and private collections all over the world. In addition to full transcription of the texts, for all the works, there are also descriptive and analytical short essays contributed by Shen C. Fu, Chang Ch'ing-chih, Tu Chung-kao, Li Hsiao-k'un, Lin Chang-hu, Cheng Tsung-ming and Huang Chi-yang.

Chinese Handwriting in Hong Kong: Gleanings of A Hundred Years (in Chinese)
2006 paperback 28 x 21cm 159pp
ISBN 978-962-7101-78-9
Book price: US$19.50 / HK$150
Postage and handling:
Overseas US$7.10; Local HK$31.00

Catalogue of an exhibition held in 1997 at the Art Museum, The Chinese University of Hong Kong. The 88 exhibits are the calligraphy of eminent figures who resided or temporarily abode in Hong Kong since the end of the 19th century. The works are classified into three groups. The first group is calligraphy by late Qing literati-officials. Their works demonstrate the continuation of the orthodox calligraphic style of the Ming and Qing periods. The second group is the handwritings of scholars and prominent characters. The selections show their accomplishments in the art of calligraphy alongside their success in academic, educational or political pursuits. The last group comprises works by painters and calligraphers, whose effort in transforming the tradition with critical minds is revealed. This catalogue includes two scholarly essays contributed by Lee Yun Woon and Harold Mok. In addition to transcriptions of the calligraphy, all the works are illustrated with black and white plates and attached with biographies of the calligraphers.