FOLK SHADOW PLAY 内容简介
china is the hometown of the shadow play. the chinese leather shadow play is an ancient and widespread form of folk opera art. over the past thousand years, folk artists have been casting leather puppets' shadows on a small white curtain while singing and dancing behind it, depicting the ups and downs of the life of the chinese people.
this book has selected over 300 exquisite leather shadow-play puppets from a large number of collections, classifying them according to region and genre. along with explaining the related terminology of the shadow play, the book also gives readers a complete appreciation of this ancient yet still impressive art form.
FOLK SHADOW PLAY 目录
introduction
shadow play ferformancc
fuppct designs in the western shadow flag
sets
whole puppets
puppet heads of dan characters
puppet heads ofshen8 characters
puppet heads of/in8 characters
puppet heads of chou characters
deities and spirits
fuppet: designs in the nortshern shac]ow play
whole puppets
puppet heads of dan characters
puppet heads of sheng characters
puppet heads of ling characters
puppet heads of chou characters
puppet heads of evil characters
deities and spirits
puppet designs in the central and southern shadow plau
whole puppets
puppet heads
other shadow play designs
auspicious animals
furniture designs
shadow plags in the 196os
and 1970s
FOLK SHADOW PLAY 节选
《民间皮影(英文)》also gives readers a complete appreciation of this ancient yet still impressive art firm.China is the hometown of the shadow play. The Chinese leather shadow play is an ancient and widespread form of folk opera art. Over the past thousand years, folk artists have been casting leather puppets' shadows on a small white curtain while singing and dancing behind it, depicting the ups and downs of the life of the Chinese people. This book has selected over 300 exquisite leather shadow-play puppets from a large number of collections, classifying them according to region and genre. Along with explaining the related terminology of the shadow play.
