The latest edition, Shanghai Ancient Books Publishing House in 2007, was exclusively authorized by Mr. Yang, and the newly revised color atlas "The Rise and Fall of National Treasures" was grandly launched, with the following remarkable features worthy of readers' attention:
The book The Rise and Fall of National Treasures has gone through more than 30 years. Since 1950s, Mr. Yang has been ordered to check the calligraphy and painting cultural relics scattered in the Puppet Manchuria Palace, during which he contacted a large number of parties and left a thick original record. During the ten-year turmoil, the manuscript was once confiscated, and it was only after Mr. Yang insisted on fighting that it was returned. In the mountainous countryside of Liaodong, after the "labor reform", Mr. Yang revised and supplemented the manuscript by memory. After the Cultural Revolution, Mr. Yang's academic life was full of youth. 1983, the National Appraisal Team of Ancient Paintings and Calligraphy, composed of seven experts including Mr. Yang, started an eight-year roving appraisal project of ancient paintings and calligraphy, with a journey of tens of thousands of miles, covering more than 200 painting and calligraphy collection units and some private collections in 25 provinces, municipalities and autonomous regions, and * * * saw more than 60,000 paintings and calligraphy works. From the mid-1970s to the mid-1980s, taking lectures or attending academic seminars as an opportunity, he visited China's cultural relics and private collections abroad for many times, captured overseas paintings and calligraphy, and carefully recorded and studied them, greatly enriching the contents of the manuscript.
According to the historical process, the national treasure story takes the activities of the characters in the event as the classics and the historical and artistic analysis of the works as the latitude, and looks at people and things. It is different from any description or notes of calligraphy and painting in history and is scientific, academic and readable. On the premise of possessing a large number of first-hand materials, Mr. Yang made a detailed and in-depth textual research and research on the famous calligraphy paintings lost in the Forbidden City. In the long-term appraisal and research practice of calligraphy and painting, Mr. Yang has formed a rigorous, pragmatic, accumulated academic style and broad academic research vision, and always puts the authenticity of calligraphy and painting works in the first place.
As a monograph focusing on ancient calligraphy and painting, The Rise and Fall of National Treasure is indispensable with pictures and texts. This time, * * * selected nearly 300 beautiful pictures, and after extremely strict color correction, the quality far exceeds the previous edition, and the printing effect can be described as full of charm. Let readers feast their eyes on these national treasures.
A Brief Comment on the Lost Paintings and Calligraphy in the Forbidden City, a colorful book collection published by Shanghai Ancient Books Publishing House, clears the fog of the years and uncovers the mystery of the lost national treasure in the Forbidden City for contemporary readers.
In a short period of time, through investigation and the assistance of friends such as Yang Wu, we finally saw that there were more than 30 famous books in the book, which provided a lot of discussion materials. So on the basis of the original revised edition, some words are added after the eighth chapter, and the present situation of the discovered works is added in the notes for readers' reference.
This book * * * selects nearly 300 beautiful pictures. Although we can't include all the national treasures of scattered paintings and calligraphy, all the most famous, exquisite and representative works have been collected, especially some fine paintings and calligraphy, which have just appeared in the auction market in recent years, are rare and precious.
The book The Rise and Fall of National Treasures has gone through more than 30 years. Since 1950s, Mr. Yang has been ordered to check the calligraphy and painting cultural relics scattered in the Puppet Manchuria Palace, during which he contacted a large number of parties and left a thick original record. From then on, Mr. Yang became attached to the paintings and calligraphy lost in the Forbidden City, and embarked on the road of lifelong visit and research. The first draft of the book was basically completed before the Cultural Revolution. During the ten-year turmoil, the manuscript was once confiscated, and it was only after Mr. Yang insisted on fighting that it was returned. 1983, the national ancient painting and calligraphy appraisal team composed of seven experts, including Mr. Yang, started an eight-year roving appraisal project of ancient painting and calligraphy, and * * * saw more than 60,000 paintings and calligraphy works. From the mid-1970s to the mid-1980s, he took the opportunity of giving lectures or attending academic seminars, visited China's cultural relics and private collections in foreign museums for many times, and recorded and studied the lost paintings and calligraphy, which greatly enriched the contents of the manuscript.
After the book 199 1 was published in Ren Mei, Shanghai, the revision and supplement work never stopped. The Color Atlas published by Shanghai Ancient Books Publishing House supplements the latest materials collected by Mr. Yang after the Three Seas Edition, and adds many chapters.
According to the historical process, the national treasure story takes the activities of the characters in the event as the classics and the historical and artistic analysis of the works as the latitude, and looks at people and things. It is different from any description or notes of calligraphy and painting in history and is scientific, academic and readable. As a monograph on ancient calligraphy and painting, sketch is essential. This time, nearly 300 beautiful pictures have been selected in the color picture collection. The quality has undergone extremely strict color correction, far exceeding the previous edition, and the printing effect can be described as charming. Although we can't include all the scattered national treasures of calligraphy and painting, the most famous, exquisite and representative works have all been collected.
Lost Book is the abbreviation of Catalogue of Books, Paintings and Calligraphy Lost in the Forbidden City, which was compiled by the Assets and Verification Commission according to the list of gifts given to Pu Jie by Puyi. It is the basic data for studying the lost paintings and calligraphy in the Forbidden City, and has always been valued by experts and scholars. In the last chapter of the National Treasure Story, Mr. Yang also made great efforts to find the "lost book" calligraphy and painting. He wrote down the description, authenticity, lost collection and current hiding place of each calligraphy and painting. Mr. Yang, in particular, tried his best to find many calligraphy and painting materials scattered among the people and appearing in auction houses, and added them to the books, such as Ode to the Master by the Sui people, Elegant Pictures in the West Garden by Li, and Danxia's visit to Pang Jushi, which have aroused great concern in the cultural relics field in recent years. For researchers, this Annotation to the General Catalogue of Lost Articles and Paintings is undoubtedly the most complete description of the lost paintings and calligraphy in the Forbidden City so far, and for collectors, it is undoubtedly a "map" for finding national treasures.
The ups and downs of national treasures: a brief discussion on the loss of calligraphy and painting in the Forbidden City is an interesting and valuable book. The book not only traces the activities of collecting and appreciating cultural relics in historical dynasties, but also records the process and clues of the loss of national treasures. It also introduces some knowledge, history, characters, characteristics, techniques and culture about art collection to readers, which has certain reference significance for today's official and folk collectors.