Provides an anthology and summation of the work of one of the world's leading historians of Chinese painting and calligraphy. This book gives a sweeping tour through the history of Chinese painting and calligraphy as it offers and revised views on a broad range of important subjects. "Fong is perhaps the preeminent scholar of Chinese art history integrated with a Western art historical perspective. . . . This work is, in many ways, his comprehensive summation of over 50 years of work. . . . The book is absolutely essential to any library that has a section devoted to the art of China. The book is also wonderfully designed and made."