Böcker av Chiang Yee

In 1940 the Chinese writer Chiang Yee arrived in Oxford as a refugee from the London Blitz, his lodgings having been bombed. He paints a revealing picture of Oxford's particular atmosphere, its rituals and traditions. He explores the colleges and other student haunts, but also the city's surrounds.

This book, first published in 1935, examines the world of Chinese painting: the background, styles, audience and reception, intentions and achievements. Written with a Western readership in mind, it intends to put Chinese visual art in the perspective of its history and culture, and clarify its ideas and meanings.