Download or read book Native Sources for the History of Chinese Pictorial Art (Classic Reprint) written by Friedrich Hirth and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-09-23 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Native Sources for the History of Chinese Pictorial Art But it was not until a century later, in the reign of the Emperor Ming-ti (58 to 76 ad.) that the growing love for the collecting of scroll paintings led to the erection of a special art gallery (hua-shih) About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.