First Influence Art Treasury -- Chinese Inheritance Landscape Painting (Sui-Ming)

Author: Editorial Committee of "Treasure House of First Influence Art"
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Publishing Date: 2005-01-01
Features: A classroom for youth art literacy, a set of popular art education readers for the whole nation; a discipline of artistic life and an intimate encounter with masters. Landscape painting is one of China's three major painting genres, referring to paintings that primarily depict natural scenery, often shortened to "landscape painting." It originated in the Jin Dynasty, primarily featuring green-and-blue landscapes, and became an independent genre by the Sui and Tang Dynasties. Wu Daozi pioneered ink and wash landscape painting, and by the Five Dynasties and early Song Dynasty, the Northern and Southern Schools emerged, emphasizing harmonious composition, ethereal and profound artistic conception. By the Northern Song Dynasty, literati often used landscape painting to express their emotions, seek artistic interest, and produce numerous masterpieces. For example, Zhan Ziqian's "Spring Outing" features delicate and fluid brushwork with a timeless color palette; Fan Kuan's "Travelers among Mountains and Streams" showcases towering cliffs with dense and heavy brushstrokes; Shen Zhou's "High Mount Lu" displays rich variations in ink tones and orderly arrangements of density and spacing.
This art album selects masterpieces from the Sui Dynasty to the Ming Dynasty, each accompanied by information such as the work's title, commentary, era, material, dimensions, artist, collector, and influence index, making it exceptionally valuable. The album features an innovative design, exquisite text, and an introductory section titled "Getting Closer to Chinese Painting," which provides readers with knowledge about Chinese painting in terms of painting techniques, appreciation, and collection, as well as guidance on using this book.