Handheld Landscapes : Birmingham Museum of Art : 9781934774267 : 193477426X : 29 Mar 2023 : Through the lens of the fourseasons?spring, summer, autumn, and winter?this publication explores intimatevisual storytelling embedded within small-scale Chinese landscape paintings.Whether formatted in a popular fan shape, as an album leaf, a handscroll,hanging scroll, or a glossy ceramic, the paintings featured in this publicationwere intended to be studied up close and to be handled. Many of the paintingscombine the elevated art form of calligraphy with inscriptions that describefamous Chinese painting styles, reference poetry, provide dedications tofriends and family, and offer dates for when the works were made. KatherineAnne Paul provides an overview of visual keys that unlock the seasonality inthe paintings. Intended to enhance and intensify the viewing experience,calligraphy, an elevated artform unto itself, compliments the paintings' imagery. The intended audience of these workscoul