This book contains an essay on the analogies between the philosophy and pictorial technique of ancient China and those that the modern European masters, from Cézanne to Henri Matisse, Picasso and their successes. Illustrated by 60 black and white plates. In the course of some 50 witty, yet thoughtful pages, enlivened by well-chosen quotations from Chinese manuals, M. Duthuit describes the main principles of Chinese painting, and the manner in which they have been echoed in Western painting during the last half century. His argument is reinforced by cunningly contrasted illustrations.The Observer. The book, in short, is one that everyone with an interest in living art will wish to possess. The sixty full- page collotypes alone make it ridiculously cheap at the price.New English Weekly. Fair condition hardback. Paper paper boards with with quarter cloth binding. Black titles to spine and front board. Edges of boards rubbed and bumped and and spine frayed and splits/tears. Board