Abstract
A critical and historical study of Chinese painting has long suffered from the lack of an acceptable method for dating paintings by style. Mr, Li Lin-ts'an of the National Central Museum in Taiwan has published a series of three articles dealing with this problem. In “Rules fen-Dating Chinese Painting,” Mr. Li lists the study of material, technique, period style, personal style, signature and colophon, and catalogue description as “six methods for dating.” In “The Dating of Ink-bamboo Painting,” he samples eighty-eight bamboo paintings attributed to famous masters, from the tenth through the eighteenth centuries, and attempts diagrams illustrating the technical development of the bamboo stalks and leaves. These diagrams show, for instance, “ring joint technique,” “plain joint technique,” “dotted joint technique,” “natural leaves,” “star-shaped leaves,” “feathered-shaped leaves,” etc.
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