Art 275

Southern Song Dynasty

1129 - 1279 CE More intimate

Yuan Dynasty

1279 - 1368 CE Mongol rule

"The Handscroll" Wu

Article talks about handscroll format. Read right to left, one arm's length at a time Discusses composition of Gu Kaizhi's Admonition scroll - screens used to separate action

Zhao Mengfu

Yuan Chinese working under Mongol rule literati painter referenced archaic painting (blue/green landscape painting from Tang) works: The Mind Landscape of Xie Youyu, Autumn Colors on the Qiao and Han Mountains, Twin Pines, Level Distance; Groom and Horse, Sheep and Goat

"Emperor Huizing and the Aesthetic of Agency" Bickford

authorship; all paintings attributed to Huizong Auspicious images; good omens to glorify Huizong's reign

Han Dynasty

206 BCE - 220 CE Mawangdui Tomb

Six Dynasties Period

220 - 581 CE Gu Kaizhi

Tang Dynasty

618 - 907 CE Emperor Xuanzong Blue/green landscape painting

Five Dynasties Period

907 - 960 CE Rise of landscape painting - land of immortals Northern style - craggy mountains Southern style - wet landscapes

Northern Song Dynasty

960 - 1127 CE Monumental Landscapes Emperor Huizong

"The Body Invisible in Chinese Art?" Hay, John

Chinese painting does not have the Western nude; no image of the body as a whole object Body is alluded to; clothes portray emotion "dispersed body" references body outside of physical body

Dong Yuan

Five Dynasties "hemp fiber" stroke wet landscapes works: Wintry Groves and Layered Banks, Summer Mountains, Riverbanks (Attr.)

Li Cheng

Five Dynasties/ Northern Song crab claw trees work: A Solitary Temple Amid Clearing Peaks

Juran

Five Dynasties/ Northern Song Buddhist priest "hemp fiber" stroke alum lumps signature of painting style works: Layered Peaks and Dense Forrests, Buddhist Retreat by Stream and Mountain

Four Great Masters of Yuan Painting

Huang Gongwang* Wu Zhen Ni Zan* Wang Meng

"Of Nature and Art: Monumental Landscape" Fong*

Landscape represents idealized Confucian society; becomes a model landscapes are always symbolic

Emperor Huizong

Northern Song blamed for fall of Northern Song 11th son became emperor against all odds created academy promoted status of calligraphy and poetry (along with paintings make up 3 perfections) 1. realism (of nature), 2. study of the past (classical paintings), 3. capture of poetic idea (meaning) works: Five-Colored Parakeet on a Blossoming Apricot Tree, Two Finches, Auspicious Cranes, Ladies Pounding Newly Woven Silk (Attr.)

Guo Xi

Northern Song court painter signed work interest in changing season mist works: Early Spring and Old Trees, Level Distance

Li Gonglin

Northern Song literati painter (scholar/amateur) Confucian values works: Classic of Filial Piety, Five Tribute Horses

Fan Kuan

Northern Song lived in mountains tripartite composition with shifting perspective work: Travelers Amid Mountain Peaks

Li Tang

Northern Song and Southern Song working during both dynasties work: Wind Through the Pine Valleys

Three Friends of Winter

Pine Plum Bamboo

Gu Kaizhi

Six Dynasties Period "iron-wire" line few facial expressions; clothing represents emotion depicts moment of action works: Admonitions of the Instructress to the Ladies of the Court, Nymph of the Luo River

Ma Yuan

Southern Song "One corner Ma" court painter small scale paintings focus on moment worked closely with Empress Yang (calligraphy) works: On a Mountain Path in Spring, Scholar Viewing Plum Blossoms, Flowering Apricot, Banquet by Lantern Light, 12 Scenes of Water

Ma Lin

Southern Song son of Ma Yuan works: Listening to the Wind in the Pines, Lake View with Palace Lady Riding a Deer, Scholar Watching Clouds Rise

Formats of Chinese Paintings

Standing screen Hanging scroll Fan (round/ folding) Album leaf Handscroll

Yan Liben

Tang Dynasty painter and official; interest in gov't relationships works: The Imperial Sedan Chair, Emperors of the Successive Dynasties

"The Origins of Chinese Mountain Painting" Rawson

Tombs are dwellings for the deceased circle - heaven, square - earth Tomb images function as paths to the afterlife; images for transcendence

Huang Gongwang

Yuan literati painter served as court official, then distanced after controversy no patron, leisurely pace for painting works:Stone Cliff at the Pond of Heaven, Dwelling in the Fuchun Mountains

Ni Zan

Yuan literati painter trees, empty pavilion, calligraphy pushed up picture plan works: Enjoying the Wilderness in an Autumn Grove, Rongxi Studio, Six Gentlemen, Woods and Valleys of Mt. Yu

"Khubilai's Groom" Hay, Jonathan

Zhao Mengfu likely used compass to plan paintings; suggest morality to viewer geometric representation groom's frontal gaze demands attention self portrait/ presenting self and talent through art

"Ni Tsan, The Noble Recluse" Fong*

combines poetry, calligraphy, and painting work changes over time individual personality shown through painting

"Empress Yang and the Art of Expression" Lee

shift from monumental landscapes in N. Song to smaller, introspective pieces in S. Song Empress Yang - calligraphy on Ma Yuan paintings; collaboration Art used to communicate, keep control