Lianjiang Dieyuan: Landscape Paintings of the Two Song Dynasties

Author: Sun Di (Compiler)
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Publish Date: 2004-01-01
Features: This book focuses on the landscape culture of the Northern and Southern Song dynasties. The book is divided into five parts. Part 1: Scenic Journey, the author introduces the scenery of Mount Hua by quoting Li Yu, the last ruler of the Southern Tang dynasty, from his poem "Yu Mei Ren." Part 2: Exclusive Insight, with a focus on "Along the River During the Qingming Festival" and "A Thousand Li of Rivers and Mountains," provides systematic explanations and studies. Part 3: Art Lecture, using examples such as "Summer Landscape at the Mountain Pass Waiting for a Ferry," "Fisherman's Village in Light Snow," and "Autumn River and Mountains," introduces the techniques of blue-green and ink wash. Part 4: Historical Scene, introduces ancient papermaking techniques and the classification and grading of ancient and modern painting and calligraphy paper. Part 5: Cultural Exploration, evaluates the representative masters of various schools during the Five Dynasties and the Northern and Southern Song dynasties and studies their major works. Finally, the author provides examples of representative works from this period for readers to appreciate and critique.