Loudong School of Painting

Author: Xiao Ping, Wan Can
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Publish Date: 2003-01-01
Features: This series selects 15 important, influential, and representative Chinese painting schools from the numerous existing schools, providing comprehensive and systematic discussions and evaluations. The time span covers over 1,000 years, from the Five Dynasties (907) to the modern era (1951). It involves more than 1,200 painters, art theorists, and others, encompassing genres such as landscape, flower-and-bird, and figure painting. Essentially, each painting school builds upon the foundations of predecessors, draws inspiration from nature, absorbs folk art, and incorporates influences from foreign art. The emergence of each new school advances the development of Chinese painting art by one step. Therefore, this series can be considered, to some extent, a history of the evolution, transformation, and development of Chinese painting. It also offers some historical insights into debates about Chinese painting, revealing the boundless vitality of this art form.