Chinese Silk Celebration Kite

Handcrafted in China by a fourth-generation kitemaker this exuberant kite is an ideal gift for celebratory occasions.

The Three Perfections: Chinese Painting, Poetry, and Calligraphy

What do the Chinese write on their paintings? Why do they write on them? In this newly revised volume -- now illustrated in color -- Michael Sullivan provides a lucid and engaging analysis of the intimate relationships among painting, poetry, and calligraphy in Chinese culture.As early as the ninth century, art historians recognized that in China writing and painting have different names but a common body. The fundamental unity of writing and painting is shown to be an ancient, though still valid, concept in China. The evolution of this basic idea is traced through the ages and its survival documented to the present Twenty-six luminous reproductions of celebrated works of art are used to illustrate key aspects of this definition of literature and the visual arts.