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Intended for all readers--including magicians, detectives, musicians, orthopedic surgeons, and anthropologists--this book offers a thorough account of that most intriguing and most human of appendages: the hand. In this illustrated work, John Napier explores a wide range of absorbing subjects such as fingerprints, handedness, gestures, fossil remains, and the making and using of tools.
Primates --- Hand --- Anatomy. --- Evolution. --- Anthropoidea. --- Australian aborigine. --- Bridgewater Treatises. --- Chinese businessman. --- Cup of Diogenes. --- Hottentots. --- Karpinos. --- abstract thinking. --- adaptation. --- adaptive compromise. --- amphibian. --- anatomical nomenclature. --- anatomical position. --- arboreal specialists. --- bamboo shoot. --- bone-collectors. --- cannibalism. --- chimpanzee. --- comprehension. --- dexterity. --- dimorphism. --- discrimination of textures. --- ecology. --- ectrodactyly. --- environment. --- fibrous tissue. --- fingerprints. --- fossil history. --- gallock-handed. --- genetics. --- groomee. --- hairdressing salon. --- handedness. --- hypothenar eminence. --- imagination. --- improvisation. --- insulation. --- keratin. --- locomotion. --- lubrication. --- mammals. --- mental institution. --- multivariate analysis. --- natural selection. --- nerve endings. --- occupation. --- opposability. --- orangutan. --- parallelism. --- positional sense. --- primitive retention. --- red ochre.
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Originally published as Volume 2 of The Tao of Painting, this is the first English translation of the famous Chinese handbook, the "Chieh Tzu Yüan Hua Chuan" (original, 1679-1701). Mai-mai Sze has translated and annotated the texts of instructions, discussions of the fundamentals of painting, notes on the preparation of colors, and chief editorial prefaces.
Painting --- Painting, Chinese --- Technique --- Painting, Chinese. --- Painters --- Chinese painting --- Paintings, Chinese --- Technique. --- S17/0600 --- China: Art and archaeology--Calligraphy and painting: general (incl. technic. and esthetic aspects) --- Painting - Technique --- A Book Of. --- Analects. --- Apricot. --- B.C. (comic strip). --- Bamboo painting. --- Bamboo shoot. --- Bamboo. --- Banksia. --- Begonia. --- Blue flower. --- Brushstrokes. --- Buddhism. --- Calligraphy. --- Camellia. --- Cedrela odorata. --- Chih. --- Chinese painting. --- Chrysanthemum. --- Cinnabar. --- Copying. --- Dyeing. --- Earthenware. --- Earwax. --- Eggplant. --- Engraving. --- Figure painting. --- Fine art. --- Firewood. --- Flowering plant. --- Flowers of the Four Seasons. --- Fungus. --- Gold leaf. --- Gourd. --- Han Yu. --- Herb. --- Herbaceous plant. --- Hydrangea. --- Illustration. --- In Parenthesis. --- Ink wash painting. --- Inkstone. --- La Vie (painting). --- Landscape painting. --- Li Tai. --- Literature. --- Lithography. --- Malachite. --- Materia medica. --- Medicinal plants. --- Monochrome painting. --- Mr. --- Mustard seed. --- Ochre. --- Oil lamp. --- Orange (colour). --- Peach. --- Peony. --- Perennial plant. --- Petal. --- Philadelphia Museum of Art. --- Picturesque. --- Pigment. --- Pink. --- Plant. --- Poaceae. --- Poetry. --- Polianthes tuberosa. --- Pomegranate. --- Porcelain. --- Prunus mume. --- Receptacle (botany). --- Saucer. --- Shan shui. --- Shrub. --- Song dynasty. --- Southern School. --- Stamen. --- Sterculia. --- Still Water (sculpture). --- Sulfur. --- Superiority (short story). --- Tang dynasty. --- Tao Te Ching. --- Tea. --- Testimonial. --- The Art of Painting. --- The Fundamentals. --- The Summer Solstice. --- Theory of painting. --- Treatise. --- Tree paint. --- Tree peony. --- Vinegar. --- Water chestnut. --- Wild plum. --- Wilting. --- Wood block. --- Writing. --- Yin and yang. --- Zhuge Liang.
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