Prized for over a millenium by Chinese literati, scholars' rocks - stones sculpted by the elements into evocative, richly textured miniature landscapes - have been objects of contemplation, inspiration, and almost kaleidoscopic beauty. This succinct, elegantly designed, and exquisitely illustrated volume offers a meditation by the noted artist and collector Richard Rosenblum on the philosophy and spirit of Chinese art of the natural wolrd, from scholars' rocks to related objects in wood, metal, and ceramic - as well as such reverse manifestations as works sculpted to replicate natural art.