VPHA46H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Wen Zhengming, Jingxi, Ebow
8 Nov 2016
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The book, visual and material cultures of ming china is about ming dynasty china. There are no colours shown on this piece. Chinese paintings have nothing to do with their fame but to increase social gain by presenting their paintings as a gift, which can be shown in the artwork living alof. Instead chinese painters want to be recognized as a separate class from professional painted. In other words, the artist wen zhengming wants to make an achievement. In china, what they paint is not important but instead their description or poem is the most important aspect in their painting: the point of chinese painting is to show the good control of their brush. The invitation to reclusion at jingxi was made by. The space in this painting did not make sense when comparing to the artwork, spring morning in the han palace.
