The Literary Image In The Block Prints From Ming Dynasty

Chinese Block Print reach its peak in Ming Dynasty,not only in the religious area,but also in the appreciative works like art books,novels,scripts,biographies,and poems.In this dissertation,the author discovered the transition and the role of block prints in Ming Dynasty.The literature in Ming rose up due to the develop of printing technology.As a part of the printed books,how did the artists carve illustration to endow certain images in literary works?And what is the literary image in the block prints from Ming Dynasty?This dissertation has seven parts,Preface,The Origin of Ming Block Print,The Applications of Ming Block Print,To Reproduce the Beauty of Woodblock Print,The Function and Value of Printed Books in Literature and Society,The Literary Image in the Prints of the Ming Novel "Romance of the West Chamber",and Conclusion.