Court Art
17 important questions on Court Art
What is the author and the book title of the first art-historical writing in China?
What is Xie He famous for? What are the first two laws?
- Engender a sense of movement through spirit consonance (capture not just how your subject looks, but how it feels)
- Use the brush with the bone method. (strong lines = strong art, like the bones holding up the body)
What are characteristics of court paintings?
- Painted by court painters (professionally trained artists)
- As a service
- Ink/colors on silk
- No seals and inscriptions
- Formal likeness
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What are characteristics of literati paintings?
- Painted by literati scholars (amateur painters)
- As a personal interest
- Ink on paper
- With seals and inscriptions
- Self-expression; calligraphic
Identify literati/amateur paintings and court/professional paintings
Identify literati/amateur paintings and court/professional paintings
Identify literati/amateur paintings and court/professional paintings
Identify literati/amateur paintings and court/professional paintings
What is the term for landscape painting in Chinese?
Where is the passage below from? How is this related to the practice of landscape painting?
“A great mountain is dominating as chief over the assembled hills, thereby ranking in an ordered arrangement the ridges and peaks, forests and valleys, as suzerains of varying degrees and distances.”
What are the three types of distances in landscape painting?
- High distance (from the bottom of the mountain looking up towards the top)
- Deep Distance (looking downward)
- Level distance (looking at the level)
Artist and title if known, date—century or dynasty, medium—handscroll/wall painting/hanging scroll, size if pertinent to your argument
- Copy of Gu Kaizhi
- The Admonition Scroll
- (originally 400) copied in 5-7th centuries
- handscroll (24x342cm)
- ink and colour on silk
Artist and title if known, date—century or dynasty, medium—handscroll/wall painting/hanging scroll, size if pertinent to your argument
- Wall painting from the tomb of Li Zhongrun (Prince Yide)
- died around 700
Artist and title if known, date—century or dynasty, medium—handscroll/wall painting/hanging scroll, size if pertinent to your argument
- Fan Kuan (950s-1026)
- Song dynasty
- Travelers Amid Streams and Mountains
- Hanging scroll (206.3x103.3cm)
- Ink and colours on silk
Artist and title if known, date—century or dynasty, medium—handscroll/wall painting/hanging scroll, size if pertinent to your argument
- Guo Xi (1000-1087)
- Early spring
- Ink on silk
- 158.3x108,1 cm
Artist and title if known, date—century or dynasty, medium—handscroll/wall painting/hanging scroll, size if pertinent to your argument
- Emperor Huizong (Zhao Ji, 1082-1135)
- Cranes of Good Omen
- Handscroll (51x138.2cm)
- Ink and colour on Silk
Artist and title if known, date—century or dynasty, medium—handscroll/wall painting/hanging scroll, size if pertinent to your argument
- Emperor Huizong (1082-1135)
- Auspicious Dragon Rock
- Handscroll (52,8 x 127,5cm)
- ink and colour on silk
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