NPM141 National Palace Museum: MING SI DA JIA TE ZHAN: SHEN ZHOU. Four Great Masters of the Ming Dynasty: Shen Zhou. 明四大家特展 ： 沈周. Taibei, 2014. 367 pp. Colour plates (many full page) throughout. 30x23 cm. Wrappers. GBP 75.00 Catalogue of a very fine exhibition at the National Palace Museum in Taibei showing outstanding works of painting and calligraphy by the Ming dynasty artist, Shen Zhou, from the Museum's collection and, therefore, the former Chinese imperial collection. Divided into three sections: The Origins of Shen Zhou's Art; Shen Zhou's Art of Calligraphy; The Characteristic of Shen Zhou's Painting. Fifty paintings, scrolls and albums by the masters are illustrated in fine colour plates. Accompanied by 19 associated works by other artists and calligraphers. Preface, brief introductions to each section, list of contents and good descriptions of plates in English. Main text in Chinese. Subjects: Painting Item 101 in List 203. URL for this record: hanshan.com/?n/NPM141.HTM Record produced by Hanshan Tang Books, www.hanshan.com.