List of Illustrations
Introduction
PARTⅠ.HISTORY OF FREE-HAND FLOWER PAINTING
Chapter Ⅰ.Historical background of free-hand flower painting
Chapter Ⅱ.The Free-hand style of flower painting in Ming dynasty.
Chapter Ⅲ.The Free-hand style of flower painting in Ching dynasty
Chapter Ⅳ.Contemporary artists of the free-hand style of flower
painting
PART Ⅱ.METHODS OF FREE-HAND FLOWER PAINTING
Chapter Ⅴ.Calligraphy and its relation to free-hand flower painting.
Chapter Ⅵ.How to paint the three principal parts of a plant.
Chapter Ⅶ. How to paint birds and insects
Chapter Ⅷ. Coloring and composition
Chapter Ⅸ.Principles involved in judging paintings of the free-
hand type
Chapter Ⅹ.The value of reproduced prints of paintings by famous
artists
Appendix A. Rules and canons of painting
Appendix B. Bibliography
Index
