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  1. 33 Days of Hand-Drawing Tutorial for Beginners with Zero Basics in Fashion Drawing She Ying47k Wordscompleted This is a professional tutorial on hand-drawn fashion painting. The book divides the relevant knowledge and expression techniques of fashion painting into 33-day courses, with the required study time of 2 to 3 hours per day. This book mainly explains the evolution process of fashion drawing, the required hand-drawing tools and usage methods, knowledge related to the human body structure and the expression techniques of each part, the expression techniques of fashion drawing line drawings, flat s 51Reads8.3Score—Shelves
  2. The Complete Works of Father and Son (Color Collector's Edition) Braun2k Wordscompleted The simple and detailed cartoons in this book reveal the pure love and harmonious family happiness. The main contents include: terrible homework, fascinating books, car breakdown, moving boxes, etc. 16Reads8.8Score—Shelves
  3. Color Design Basics and Performance Zhang Dalu41k Wordscompleted "Color Design Fundamentals and Expression" is the revised edition. It describes the basic elements of color, the principles of color composition, the application rules of color in graphic design, and style expression. On the basis of the original content, some text and structural frames are adjusted and a large number of pictures are replaced to make the content richer and novel. The content of the entire book directly cuts to the subject, is simple, clear, and highly practical. 7Reads8.2Score—Shelves
  4. Peter Comics (Translated by Lin Comics) Peterstrup9k Wordscompleted Danish humor comic master Herlof Piederstrup (Pide for short) once said: "I have advocated integrity all my life, which is very important to me." Throughout Peed's creative career, this noble quality has always been present in his works. His satirical cartoons were intended to pursue fairness and justice, oppose war, and fight for peace, and they once had a huge fighting effect. "Pide Comics" of the "Yilin Comics" series contains 427 comic strips, in which Peter examines daily life in an all-rou 5Reads8.7Score—Shelves
  5. Illustration of Chinese Sculpture Art Field139k Wordscompleted "Chinese Sculpture Art in Pictures" is a concise art book dedicated to ordinary people. It aims to improve readers' cultural taste and strengthen their artistic accomplishment. "Illustrations of Chinese Sculpture Art" outlines the evolution of Chinese sculpture art in a convenient way. It carefully selects the most popular sculptures from many sculptures for appreciation, highlighting the decoration, beautification and commemoration of this visual art. The column "Illustrations of Chinese Sculpt 4Reads8.2Score—Shelves
  6. How to Appreciate Ancient Poetry Zhou Weinercompleted How to appreciate ancient poetry —Reads8.4Score—Shelves
  7. Illustrated Guide to Precious Gemstones Cui Wenzhicompleted The endless treasures left by history are full of traces of time and the crystallization of human wisdom. The accumulation of thousands of years makes civilization eternal. It spreads, tastes, and feels, making waves in the soul, making life full of miracles. This is the charm of collection. Collecting antiques and treasures also means collecting a piece of history and a culture... —Reads8.3Score—Shelves
  8. Purple Sand Identification Song Boyin, Wu Guangrong, Huang Jianliangcompleted Identifying purple clay teapots is a comprehensive aesthetic activity. Appraisal of a purple clay teapot requires not only identification of the appearance, clay quality, color, workmanship, and style, but more importantly, an in-depth understanding of the historical background, humanistic structure, and artistic characteristics of the purple clay teapot. The identification of purple clay teapots not only involves biological aesthetics such as vision, hearing, and touch, psychological aesthetics —Reads8.1Score—Shelves
  9. Ancient Jade Identification Hua Yiwu, Yao Jiangbocompleted Beautiful stones and jade have always been regarded as elegant objects and occupy a lofty position in people's minds. It not only embodies the essence of the wisdom and creativity of the Chinese nation, but also carries the culture of the Chinese nation and is an important witness to the development and evolution of Chinese civilization. Over the course of thousands of years, jade articles, with their mysterious meanings, exquisite patterns, and special polishing techniques, have gained lofty st —Reads8.3Score—Shelves
  10. 150 Years of Modern Art: an Unfinished Story (UK) Will Gompertzcompleted If we can still vaguely recognize the "original" appearance of art from Monet's "Sunrise" and Van Gogh's "Starry Night" more than 150 years ago, then 150 years later, Andy Warhol's Gold Soup cans, Damien Hirst's pickled shark, and Tracey Emin's messy bed are enough to allow us to see other possibilities for art. Looking back on the rebellious path of modern art over the past century and a half, we have witnessed how each generation has become more rebellious, bold, and chaotic. Behind this lies —Reads9.2Score—Shelves
  11. Medieval Beauty [Italy] Written by Umberto Eco; Translated by Liu Huiningcompleted This book is Eco's work discussing medieval aesthetic theory, aesthetic experience and artistic practice. The beauty of the Middle Ages presents a self-contained vitality in Eco's writings. It inherits the traditions of ancient Greece and Rome and quietly evolves in a dogmatic ideological environment until it develops a mature and critical conceptual system, making modifications to the traditions inherited by modern times based on the medieval perspective. Eco's discussion draws on theology, poe —Reads8.4Score—Shelves
  12. Oxford Art History Series: European Art: 1700—1830 (UK) Written by Graske, M.; Translated by Peng Yuncompleted From the 18th to the 19th centuries, Europe experienced unprecedented economic growth and drastic social changes. The process of urbanization has continuously broadened the social pathways to wealth and power. European art during this period also experienced earth-shaking changes. The tradition of Renaissance art collapsed and was replaced by completely different art forms, styles and emotions. Visual art has become a medium of equal communication, the scope of the public group of art has expand —Reads8.0Score—Shelves
  13. How to Understand Western Paintings: Classic Masterpieces of Baroque Masters Bush Culturecompleted This volume introduces the development history of Baroqueism and representative painters, and appreciates about 100 representative works of representative painters. It provides readers with a comprehensive and detailed presentation of Baroque paintings, covering Italy, the Netherlands, Flanders and Spain. Representative painters include Velazquez, Caravaggio, Rembrandt, Rubens, and Vermeer. —Reads8.4Score—Shelves
  14. An Art Class Started by a Painting Uncle Dongcompleted "Mona Lisa", "The Last Supper", "Sunflowers", "Water Lilies"... You have seen or heard the names of these world-famous paintings more or less, but when facing them, we often feel like facing a "familiar stranger". We know it, and at the same time, we are often confused: Why are they so good? What's so good about it? How to appreciate them? The 10 people selected in the book, including Giotto, Leonardo da Vinci, Raphael, Monet, and Van Gogh, are all influential masters in the history of Western a —Reads8.6Score—Shelves
  15. Painting and Painting: Ecology of Chinese Painting and Ink Xuan Minhuacompleted This book attempts to deduce the evolution of the formal language of Chinese painting from the perspective of the tradition of pen and ink, focusing on the decisive influence of the spiritual intention of Chinese painting from "humanities" to "astronomy" in the composition of the formal language of painting, as well as the specific manifestation of this influence in the grid method of painting, trying to clarify people's common misunderstandings in the process of verifying this issue. It reveals —Reads8.1Score—Shelves
  16. Appreciation of Famous Chinese Paintings from Past Dynasties Zhang Ciyun, Chen Jiecompleted "Appreciation of Famous Chinese Paintings from Past Dynasties (English Version)" introduces 38 Chinese paintings, guiding readers to appreciate the beauty of Chinese painting art from aspects such as style, technique, and perspective. It also tells the painter's creative background and aesthetic concepts. Chinese painting, also known as brush painting or ink-wash painting, is one of the oldest art forms in the world. However, the unique styles, techniques and perspectives of Chinese painting are —Reads8.3Score—Shelves
  17. Chinese Painting Illustrated Book Chinese Painting Illustration Departmentcompleted "Chinese Painting Illustrated Book" will quickly introduce you to the "transformation state" of Chinese painting in an extremely convenient way. Turn it over at will, and in the elegant fragrance of transparent paper, you can fully appreciate thousands of years of Chinese painting. "Chinese Painting Illustrated Book" contains representative works of 450 of the most important Chinese painters in more than 1,600 years since the Eastern Jin Dynasty. The spiritual Mao Mo ink, coupled with vivid illu —Reads8.3Score—Shelves
  18. Calligraphy Lecture Written by Huang Yuan, Compiled by Tang Xubo, Chen Yang and Meng Jincompleted This book uses an easy-to-understand lecture format to comprehensively describe the development process of calligraphy, the aesthetics of calligraphy, and the practice of calligraphy creation. It not only emphasizes the physical techniques, but also pays attention to the metaphysical calligraphy, that is, it organically integrates calligraphy history, calligraphy theory, life style and specific "practice". The author has accumulated decades of skills and discussed how "Confucianism", "Lao-Zhuang —Reads9.2Score—Shelves
  19. Coloring and Color Matching Technical Manual Li Qingshancompleted "Coloring and Color Matching Technology Manual" is divided into 13 parts and 42 chapters. Starting from the basic knowledge of color and the basic theory of colorants, it comprehensively and systematically introduces the coloring and color matching technology of different colorants on different matrix materials, such as the requirements and selection of colorants, coloring methods and color matching technology and formula examples. The scope includes textiles (including pure spinning and blended —Reads8.4Score—Shelves
  20. Understand Chinese Painting Lang Shaojuncompleted A legendary journey of thoughts of five giants of Chinese painting Editor's recommendation ⭐A gathering of talents: This book lists five art masters with superb attainments in traditional Chinese painting. Their names are familiar to the art world, including Pan Tianshou, the last master of traditional modern painting, Huang Binhong, a master of the 20th century who inherited the past and the future, Tang Yun, a giant of Chinese painting of the "Marine School", Xiao Junxian, whose landscapes are —Reads8.6Score—Shelves
  21. The Development History of Chinese and Western Clothing (3Rd Edition) Feng Zemincompleted This book systematically explains the development process of Chinese and Western clothing from the perspective of history and human civilization, and uses cultural principles to analyze the cultural essence of clothing in different eras, regions, and nationalities from historical clothing phenomena. The book first starts with the common characteristics of clothing development and summarizes the evolution history of human clothing. It then focuses on describing the development process of Chinese —Reads8.4Score—Shelves
  22. Basics of Decorative Pattern Design Ma Liyuan Chief Editorcompleted This textbook follows the five step-by-step learning stages of "knowledge-understanding-creativity-practice-application" and divides the whole book into six chapters. After guiding students into the world of patterns, the teaching content is integrated according to five stages based on traditional textbooks, and the understanding stage of decorative pattern design - appreciation of Chinese and foreign decorative patterns, understanding stage - the form of decorative patterns, creative stage - th —Reads8.1Score—Shelves
  23. No Joke: a Serious Discussion of Humor, Comedy and Stand-Up Comedy Shi Yancompleted This is a guide to creating stand-up comedy from scratch, and it is also a comedy guide that will help you become humorous and interesting. Is a natural sense of humor necessary for comedy? Where does "funny" come from? How far is it from a joke to a performance? Are homophonic memes really bad memes? Open this book and read all the experiences of Shi Yan, a well-known comedian and trainer who is the veteran of domestic stand-up comedy, on understanding humor and creating laughter. In this book, —Reads9.3Score—Shelves
  24. Complete Collection and Appreciation of Chinese Jade Carvings Zhao Yongkuicompleted When I saw the manuscript of Mr. Zhao Yongkui's "Collection and Appreciation of Chinese Jade Sculptures" and was asked by Mr. Zhao to write a preface for this book, I was particularly excited. Mr. Zhao is a well-known jade expert and a highly respected elder. It is a blessing for me to have a glimpse of this book before it is published. As for "writing a preface", I really didn't dare to agree, so I haven't started writing yet. However, since Mr. Zhao is a close friend of mine and insisted on le —Reads8.0Score—Shelves
  25. Introduction to Jewelry and Jade Collection Dai Zhiqiangcompleted The endless treasures left by history are full of traces of time and the crystallization of human wisdom. The accumulation of thousands of years makes civilization eternal. It spreads, tastes, and feels, making waves in the soul, making life full of miracles. This is the charm of collection. Collecting antiques and treasures means collecting a piece of history and a culture... The "Introduction to Collecting Jewelry and Jadeite" edited by Tian Shugu takes collection as the focus and appreciation —Reads8.1Score—Shelves
  26. Treasures: Natural Pearls and Gemstones Liu Gancai, Hu Yuanbincompleted Chinese culture has a long history. The most direct sources are the Yellow River culture and the Yangtze River culture. After thousands of years of erosion and baptism, continuous exchange, integration and precipitation, these two cultural waves eventually formed an eclectic Chinese culture that seeks common ground while reserving differences. For thousands of years, Chinese culture has been passed down from generation to generation. It is an ancient culture that has lasted for five thousand yea —Reads8.7Score—Shelves
  27. Jade Appreciation and Collection Guo Yingcompleted From the late 20th century to the present, the concept of collecting treasures in prosperous times has made the collection of jade more and more popular. Jade is no longer just a jewelry ornament that beautifies people's lives, but also a messenger that spreads jade culture. At the same time, with the advancement of society and the development of science and technology, the identification of fakes and authenticity of jadeite and the judgment of its quality have become the primary issues in colle —Reads8.0Score—Shelves
  28. 2014 Jewelry and Jade Auction Yearbook Editorial Board of "2014 Art Auction Yearbook"completed The "2014 Jewelry and Jade Auction Yearbook" selects more than 2,000 top-level jewelry and jade lots sold in 2013 by more than 90 auction companies such as Christie's, Sotheby's, China Guardian, and Beijing Poly. The book is divided into 18 categories, including gold and colored gold, silver, ruby, sapphire, diamond, and jade. Each category is sorted according to the transaction price. The pictures are mainly provided by major auction houses, with high resolution and clear images. In the text de —Reads7.7Score—Shelves
  29. The Art of Calligraphy (Volume 1) Xing Chunrucompleted "History of Chinese Art" organically and harmoniously combines traditional art education with future prospects, guiding contemporary Chinese to adapt to the modern trend of integrating the long and ancient Chinese civilization into world development. —Reads8.3Score—Shelves
  30. The Art of Calligraphy (Volume 2) Xing Chunrucompleted "History of Chinese Art" organically and harmoniously combines traditional art education with future prospects, guiding contemporary Chinese to adapt to the modern trend of integrating the long and ancient Chinese civilization into world development. —Reads8.1Score—Shelves
  31. Famous Calligraphers (Volume 2) Xing Chunrucompleted "History of Chinese Art" organically and harmoniously combines traditional art education with future prospects, guiding contemporary Chinese to adapt to the modern trend of integrating the long and ancient Chinese civilization into world development. —Reads8.1Score—Shelves
  32. Famous Calligraphers (Volume 1) Xing Chunrucompleted "History of Chinese Art" organically and harmoniously combines traditional art education with future prospects, guiding contemporary Chinese to adapt to the modern trend of integrating the long and ancient Chinese civilization into world development. —Reads8.4Score—Shelves
  33. Illustration of World Famous Paintings Qiao Huigencompleted A person should understand and appreciate some world famous paintings in his life. In this way, you can not only improve your aesthetic taste and artistic accomplishment, but also learn rich historical and cultural knowledge; in addition, the painter's wisdom and emotions reflected from famous paintings will also be of great help in enlightening the mind and cultivating sentiment. —Reads8.3Score—Shelves
  34. The Magical Craftsmanship of Carving Sun Changfucompleted This series of books is beautifully presented, with popular language, pictures and texts, intuitive images, ancient style and elegance, and is highly readable, appreciative and informative. It can allow readers to fully experience all aspects of the rich connotation of Beautiful China, enhance national self-esteem and cultural pride, inherit and carry forward Chinese culture, create a national culture with Chinese characteristics in the future, lead the Chinese nation towards a great rejuvenatio —Reads8.6Score—Shelves
  35. Big Talk About Western Art History (2026 Newly Revised Edition) Mr. Yicompleted Why are famous paintings famous paintings? What is so great about the master? Mr. Yi will make you cry, laugh and gain enlightenment at the same time! Yi Gongzi has written a new preface, revealing new aesthetic thinking in the AI ​​era for the first time: adding 20,000 words of in-depth interpretation of 20th century art, adding a new chapter on the female artist Frida Kahlo "First of all, she is a woman", and adding 20 high-definition famous paintings, and the content has been fully expanded a —Reads9.4Score—Shelves
  36. Mucha's Painting Collection: Girls' Poems (Czech Republic) Painted by Alphonse Muchacompleted "Musha's Painting Collection: Poems of a Girl" contains one hundred of the most representative paintings by Mucha, the pioneer of the Art Nouveau movement. Mucha's works absorb the elegant depiction of shapes and contours of Japanese woodcuts, using soft and dreamy brushstrokes and gorgeous and bold colors to outline the mood of a girl blooming among flowers. The classical and beautiful girls in his works are either bright and noble, or natural and innocent, revealing the independent beauty of w —Reads9.4Score—Shelves
  37. Imagery - Human Body Structure Modeling and Character Design Compiled by Mazi Lao Leicompleted Today, with the vigorous development of the cultural industry, more and more people are devoted to illustration creation. Commercial advertising, visual design, animation, games, exhibitions, etc. Are all inseparable from illustration creation, and the human body is the basic element that makes up illustrations. This book closely combines the basic knowledge of human body structure with the needs of industry character design, and explains in detail the creation techniques of human and non-human —Reads8.2Score—Shelves
  38. Complete Collection and Appreciation of Chinese Hotan Jade Li Xinlingcompleted From the relationship between Hotan jade and culture, the formation, output type, skin color and other aspects of Hotan jade, this book puts forward the scientific understanding of Hotan jade to avoid collectors' misunderstandings about Hotan jade. It introduces in detail the identification characteristics of Hotan jade and similar jades, and the authenticity of Hotan jade and sub-materials, providing collectors with convenient and effective identification methods. The processing technology, dec —Reads8.9Score—Shelves
  39. Gold Collection and Investment·2 Liu Daorong, Zhou Defencompleted This book mainly introduces content about gold investment, collection and appreciation, including the basic characteristics of gold, types of gold deposits, world distribution and production of gold, gold mining and ore processing, uses of gold, the origin and development of Chinese gold jewelry, the origin and development of world gold jewelry, gold jewelry The value charm, traditional and modern craftsmanship, ornamental patterns, types of goldware, properties of gold investment products, inve —Reads8.1Score—Shelves
  40. Classic Calligraphy Books Passed Down from Generation to Generation (Set of 6 Volumes) Li Yimingcompleted This is a set of classic masterpieces worth owning for calligraphy lovers, including "Wang Xizhi Orchid Pavilion Preface", "Ouyang Xun Jiucheng Palace Liquan Inscription", "Chu Suiliang Yanta Sacred Preface", "Zhao Mengfu's Thousand-Character Essay", "Yan Zhenqing Duobao Pagoda Stele" and "Ninety-two Methods of Huang Ziyuan Regular Script" in 6 volumes. This is a relatively complete and practical collection of calligraphy. It has had a great influence on later generations of calligraphers from a —Reads8.5Score—Shelves
  41. Illustration of Chinese Arts and Crafts Su Hua, Yi Ming, Wang Shixi, Hou Haiyancompleted The painted and black pottery of the primitive ancestors is simple, thick and beautiful; the bronzes made with the blood and sweat of slaves are majestic, mysterious and unique; the jade wares of the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period are ingenious in their artistic conception; the terracotta warriors and horses of the Qin Dynasty make the people proud with their rare scale; the bronze galloping horses from the Eastern Han Dynasty can even catch up with the dragon and bird; t —Reads8.6Score—Shelves
  42. Learn Book Binding Design from Scratch Hu Weijuncompleted This book starts from the basic theory of book binding design and systematically explains and analyzes related concepts. At the same time, it pays attention to the integration of theory with practice. It uses a large number of typical cases and works to provide vivid guidance, helping readers to smoothly master the general rules and methods of book binding design. Through appropriate case training, it cultivates students' innovative awareness of book binding design. The first chapter is to learn —Reads8.2Score—Shelves
  43. Analysis of Calligraphy Liu Fengcompleted The art of calligraphy and the skills of brushwork belong to two levels. Brushwork skills have nothing to do with talent, unlike literature and art. Most children of litterateurs cannot become litterateurs, because talent is very important. Therefore, no one has ever deliberately kept secret the technical and regular content such as how to recite poems, compose poems, and plan essays. In the history of calligraphy, calligraphers often come from calligraphy families. In fact, the basic brushwork —Reads9.3Score—Shelves
  44. Heroes Vying for the Throne: Painted Romance of the Three Kingdoms Growth, Written by Jin Xiezhongcompleted "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms" is one of my country's four major classical literary masterpieces. It has been widely circulated for more than hundreds of years and is deeply loved by readers at home and abroad. "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms" is a classic work by the famous painter Jin Xiezhong. It is also the only complete Romance of the Three Kingdoms painted with meticulous brushwork and heavy colors so far. The book selects representative scenes, characters and stories for compositi —Reads9.4Score—Shelves
  45. Architecture Japan Taro Igarashicompleted High-density knowledge + wide-view writing, an in-depth book with extremely high value. What architecture can represent Japan? Why can the works of Japanese architects conquer the world? How does architecture highlight nationality and nationality in the collision of "tradition" and "modernity"? This book focuses on hundreds of symbolic buildings in Japan, deeply analyzes the characteristics of post-war Japanese architecture, and explores the close relationship between architecture and the nation —Reads8.1Score—Shelves
  46. Tokyo in Movies [Japan] Tadao Satocompleted Kurosawa Akira, Mizoguchi Kenji, Ozu Yasujiro, Naruse Mikio... Countless famous directors have been bewitched by this city and dedicated love letters of their unrequited love. This book is a theory of Tokyo urban image written by Tadao Sato, an authoritative Japanese film critic and honorary president of Nippon University of Cinematography, based on movies. It shows the evolution of Tokyo history in movies and the way famous directors express the city. Compared with Kyoto, Tokyo has always been —Reads7.8Score—Shelves
  47. Getting Started Lettering Compiled by Ivy Xiaoroucompleted Lettering is a creative font that is free and changeable and has a strong sense of design. It is easy to use. It is the first choice for learning fonts for friends who are interested in writing or want to make their handbooks more creative. This book is divided into five parts. The first part introduces the basic knowledge of Lettering; the second part is an explanation of the basics of Lettering and the production of special effects; Parts 3 to 5 list examples of common content in daily writing —Reads7.9Score—Shelves
  48. Quick Pen Writing Method Written by Tang Jianjuncompleted Readers can practice regular writing with the radical combination structures and phrase examples in the book, learn basic stroke order, stroke reduction, continuous strokes, etc., And be flexible. I believe they can quickly master and apply this practical and quick writing method, improve work efficiency, and achieve a kind of aesthetic feeling in writing. —Reads8.5Score—Shelves
  49. The Story of the Divine Comedy (Illustrated Collection) (Italian) Dante Original Work; (Italian) Botticelli (English) Blake (France) Doré Et Al. Illustrations; Translated by Liu Shimincompleted The most shocking journey from hell to heaven retells the story of "The Divine Comedy", a "pilgrimage" seven hundred years ago, in plain and easy-to-understand language, opening the door to the world of literature and art for you! Botticelli, who is best at embodying the graceful character and painful soul of mankind, Blake, who is extremely hallucinatory and passionate, Doré, who is known for his grandeur and changeability... This book selects nearly 300 masterpieces of paintings about the "Div —Reads8.4Score—Shelves
  50. Learn Calligraphy from Scratch Yuzhicompleted This book starts with the famous official calligraphy "Yi Ying Stele". Based on an in-depth and detailed disassembly and analysis of the calligraphy, the author breaks through the tradition and creates the "Three Mojian" teaching method. In addition to "Yi Ying Stele", more than 40 famous inscriptions are also introduced, striving to comprehensively improve readers' level and aesthetics. At the same time, the content of this book is comprehensive, covering everything from pen selection, writing, —Reads9.4Score—Shelves