Zhushan Eight Friends and their successors

Author: Zhang Haiguo (Compiler)
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Publishing Date: 2007-01-01
Features: "The Eight Masters of Zhushan" are the outstanding representatives of modern Chinese ceramics and Jingdezhen ceramics. They are, like Kaolin and the Imperial Kilns, an integral symbol and part of the development of Chinese ceramics and Jingdezhen ceramics. The profound historical impact of "The Eight Masters of Zhushan" on 20th-century and future ceramic art lies in their approach, which takes traditional Chinese literati painting as a starting point and uses ceramics as a medium to combine the strengths of both, forming a secondary school of ceramic art—"Ceramic Literati Painting." This reform is undoubtedly a cultural revival movement and a literary revival movement for Chinese ceramics and Jingdezhen ceramics. This is one of the great contributions of "The Eight Masters of Zhushan" to Jingdezhen ceramic art. The fifth contribution of "The Eight Masters of Zhushan" to Jingdezhen ceramics is that they expanded their endeavors and ensured continuity.