Fine Brush Line Drawing Character Painting Manual. Lady Chapter

Author: Wen Shuqiang
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Publish Date: 2006-06-01
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Ladies' Portraits: Ladies, ancient palace maids. Ladies' portraits refer to figure paintings that primarily depict beautiful women. The earliest origins date back to the Warring States period. Tang Dynasty scholar Zhang Yanyuan's Record of Famous Paintings Throughout the Agess: “San Jun, a skilled painter, was summoned by the wife of the Prince of Qi to paint at the Nine Layers Terrace. San Jun, unable to return home for a long time, missed his wife and painted her portrait to accompany him. The Prince of Qi, knowing that San Jun’s wife was named Jiang, gave him a million coins in exchange for her hand.” Among ancient paintings, works such as Tang Zhou Kuang’s Autumn Wind and Silk Fan and Palace-Dressed Ladies, as well as Qing Dynasty Gao Qi’s One Hundred Beauties, are all masterpieces of ladies' portraits. The characteristics of ladies' portraits mostly employ meticulous brushwork and rich colors, with strong decorative elements. Ladies' portraits have undergone thousands of years of development in China’s painting history, standing as an independent category in traditional Chinese painting. They possess a strong national identity, reflecting the perception and evolution of Eastern aesthetics regarding female beauty. This book is the Ladies' Portraits section of the Manual of Meticulous Brushwork and Line Portraiture. It includes an overview of meticulous brushwork ladies' portraits, step-by-step illustrations of meticulous brushwork ladies' portraits, a general introduction to traditional ladies' portraits, and a large collection of meticulous line-portraiture ladies' portraits.