History of Song Dynasty Painting -- Series of Chinese Painting Chronological History

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Publication Date: 2000-12-01
Features: History of Song Dynasty painting, focusing on Song Dynasty painting while also covering the Five Dynasties, Liao, and Jin periods. The Five Dynasties to the Song Dynasty was a significant turning point in Chinese painting. This book first evaluates the Five Dynasties and early Song Dynasty bird-and-flower painting schools of Huang Quan and Xu Xi, along with the "Three Family Mountain Painting" of Jing Hao, Guan Tong, Dong Yuan, Ju Ran, Li Cheng, Fan Kuan, and other painters, as well as the state of figure painting. It then evaluates the "realistic" painting genres in the Song Dynasty court, with their painters and works, and introduces the of the Five Dynasties and Song Dynasty imperial painting academies. It further discusses the origins of "literati painting," evaluates the "freehand brushwork" style of Su Shi, Wen Tong, and the Mi family, as well as those between the "academy style" and "freehand brushwork," such as Wang Xuan, Zhao Lingrang, Zhao Bochu, Ma Hezhi, Liang Kao, and Fa Chang. It also provides a detailed discussion of the aesthetic qualities of the "freehand brushwork" style. It gives special attention to Liao, Jin, Western Xia painting and their major painters. Finally, it evaluates the painting history and theory works such as Jing Hao's "Brushwork Treatise," Chun Ruoxu's "Records of Painting Observations," Deng Chong's "Continuation of Painting," and the discussions on painting by literati like Su Shi and the Mi family.