reference

Two books written in the 19th century are required to understand the latter part of the 20th century. One is Delacroix’s Journals and the other is Nietzsche’s The Use and Abuse of History.

Also - very important :

• ​​​Shitao [ 石濤 ]  -  1642 – 1707  -  The One Stroke Method
• ​Liu Xie [ 劉勰  ]  -  ca. 465–522   -  The Literary Mind and the Carving of Dragons
• Lu Ji [ 陸機 ]  -  261–303  -  Wen fu / Essay on Literature
• Jamgön Kongtrul - 1813–1899 -  The Treasury of Knowledge :  Frameworks of Buddhist Philosophy Book Six, Part Three : 12 Secret Mantra-Madhyamaka