Feng Zikai: a Concise Art Enlightenment Package Written for Everyone, a Total of 5 Volumes: Understanding Painting + Understanding Architecture + Beautiful Emotions + Introduction to Music + the Taste of Compassion

Mr. Qian Zhongshu once said in "The Besieged City": "There are two stages for a professor to become a famous professor: first, his lecture notes should be regarded as his books; second, his works should be regarded as his lecture notes." The same is true for Mr. Feng Zikai's teaching and creative career. From 1919 to 1943, Mr. Feng Zikai taught in Shanghai Normal School, Zhejiang University and many other universities. His lecture notes were published as art monographs - "History of Western Art" (Kaiming Bookstore/1928), "Lectures on Western Architecture" (Kaiming Bookstore/1935), "Art Series" (Shanghai Liangyou/1935), etc. - Which were excellent artistic enlightenment for young students at that time. "Understanding Painting" is the first collection and publication of Mr. Feng Zikai's painting articles. It is a master-level advanced book on painting literacy. Why should learning to draw start with sketching? How to judge the quality of a painting? The more similar the painting, the better? Why is it said that Western art depends on hard work, but Chinese art depends entirely on talent? You can find the answers to these questions in the book. In "The Emotion of Beauty", Feng Zikai sorted out almost all the schools of classic Western art. The origins of Western art that may seem complicated to a layman are, in Feng Zikai's works, as clear and simple as a thousand pounds. By following his explanation, you can also understand paintings and understand the emotion and spirit of beauty. "Understanding Architecture" is a comprehensive review of the development of architectural art. Why did the ancient Egyptian emperors spend so much effort building huge and cumbersome pyramids? Why are there tiny grooves on the pillars of Greek temples? Why were early Christian churches built underground? Behind these light-hearted and interesting questions, what Mr. Feng Zikai is really talking about is the changes in the soul and history. "The Taste of Compassion" selects 58 essays and 59 paintings, which fully demonstrate the free and compassionate life style of a generation of art masters from three aspects: "the human world", "landscapes" and "all living beings". In Feng Zikai's works, cats fighting, watching ants move, and a sleepy lazy man can all be included in paintings. The leisurely mood in the market, children's sleep talk, and the plane tree in front of the window can also be written into prose. As Zhu Guangqian said of him, "He is an artist from top to toe. His mind, his words, actions, and smiles are all artistic, and they are all expressions of deep love and affection." "Introduction to Music" If art is divided into space art and time art, then music is the representative of time art. What types of music are there? What are the three stages to go through when getting started in music? How to know music score? How to practice singing? How to play several common musical instruments such as piano, violin, and harmonica? What path has Western music taken to develop to this day... In the five introductory music lessons in this book, Mr. Feng Zikai will answer these questions one by one using plain language and vivid illustrations, opening a door to the palace of music for us.