Although trained as a chemist, Chiang Yee discovered that his true passion was painting. To record his observations on places, people, arts and letters, Mr. Chiang invested himself with the role of Silent Traveller, who drew and painted those scenes which had special significance for him. This volume in the Silent Traveller series records his observations and paintings of Boston.

The Silent Traveller in Boston

Travel

Chiang, Yee

United States

W.W.Norton&Company

China Revisited: After Forty-Two Years

History

W.W.Norton

This is the classic introduction to Chinese calligraphy. In nine richly illustrated chapters Chiang Yee explores the aesthetics and the technique of this art in which rhythm, line, and structure are perfectly embodied. He measures the slow change from pictograph to stroke to the style and shape of written characters by the great calligraphers. 
 Speech and writing are two organs of the same human impulse--the conveyance of thought: the one operating through hearing, the other through sight; the one by sound from mouth to ear, the other by form or image from hand to eye. But each can do something besides convey thought. Spoken words can be so arranged as to discharge aesthetic "musical" significances, as in much Western poetry. Written words can be formed to liberate visual beauties; and it is these which form the subject of this book. In addition to aesthetic considerations, the text deals with such more practical subjects as the origin and construction of the Chinese characters, styles, technique, strokes, composition, training, and the relations between calligraphy and other forms of Chinese art. 
 For the third edition the author has added two new chapters: "Calligraphy and Painting" discusses the dependence of Chinese painting on calligraphic training and techniques; "Aesthetic Principles" explores the fundamental concepts underlying every Chinese art form. 
 Chinese Calligraphy is a superb appreciation of beauty in the movement of strokes and in the patterns of structure--and an inspiration to amateurs as well as professionals interested in the decorative arts.

Chinese Calligraphy: An Introduction to Its Aesthetic and Technique

Arts & Photography

History & Criticism

Harvard University Press

Chiang Yee’s Chinese Calligraphy: An Introduction to Its Aesthetic and Technique remains the classic introduction to Chinese calligraphy. In eleven richly illustrated chapters, Chiang explores the aesthetics and the technique of this art in which rhythm, line, and structure are perfectly embodied. He measures the slow change from pictograph to stroke to the style and shape of written characters by the great calligraphers.
In addition to aesthetic considerations, the text deals with more practical subjects such as the origin and construction of the Chinese characters, styles, technique, strokes, composition, training, and the relations between calligraphy and other forms of Chinese art.
Chinese Calligraphy is a superb appreciation of beauty in the movement of strokes and in the patterns of structure―and an inspiration to amateurs as well as professionals interested in the decorative arts.

Chiang Yee's account of London, first published in 1938, reverses the expected conventions of travel writing. This is an alien's perspective of this exotic city and the habits of the people who live there. Illustrated with the authors sketches.

The Silent Traveller in London (Lost & Found Classic Travel Writing)

YEE, Chiang

Europe

Interlink Pub Group Inc

Looking at the city and its historic university with the curiosity and oppenness of a complete stranger. Yee paints a revealing picture of Oxford's particular atmosphere, its rituals and traditions. He mixes with undergraduates and dons, visits pubs and restaurants, witnesses Union debates and punting on the river, all with a gentle astonishment and perceptive eye for detail. First published in 1944, The Silent Traveller in Oxford evokes a wartime city of shortages and blackouts. It also captures an earlier age of university life, when students drank sherry and scaled college walls to escape prowling Bulldogs. Illustrated with the author's own sketches, engravings, and calligraphy, this book is both an atmospheric account of 1940s Oxford and a fascinating "Oriental" view of one of Britain's best-loved cities.

The Silent Traveller in Oxford (Lost and Found Series)

Chiang Yee was, in his own words, 'dazzled' by the Scottish capital. From the Meadows to Princes Street, from Arthur's Seat to Calton Hill and Edinburgh Castle, he paints an unforgettable picture of the city and its people in the 1940s. Writing with wry humour, he broadens our perspective of familiar sights and customs, introduces us to Confucian philosophy and Chinese poetry, corrects cultural misconceptions, and encourages us to appreciate life.

The Silent Traveller in Edinburgh

Polygon An Imprint of Birlinn Limited

The Silent Traveller in Oxford

Signal Books Ltd

The Silent Traveller in San Francisco (Chinese Edition)

Asia

Shanghai People's Publishing House

The Silent Traveller in Lakeland

Foreign Languages Teaching and Research Press

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