ART 176 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Yuan Dynasty, Hanging Scroll, Shen Zhou
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7 Feb 2017
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Fig$25-10.$Shen$Zhou,$Poet%on%a%Mountaintop.$Ink$and$color$on$paper.$1500s$China$
Literati:$educated$scholar$officials$(Confucianism)$
Study$the$techniques$of$the$brush
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Person$know$how$to$write$->$person$know$how$to$paint
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Western$vs$Chinese
Major$difference
Perspective,$medium$
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Western$art$is$representational$and$Chinese$art$is$not$representational
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(When$western$art$first$introduced,$it$was$not$viewed$as$art)
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Yuan$Dynasty
Under$Mongol$rule$(first$time$not$Chinese)$
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Han$Chinese$feel$that$every$one$else$is$barbarian$so$very$traumatic
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Social$expectation$at$the$time:$Be$good$son$and$become$educated$to$serve$the$
court$-->$but$now$that$they$are$ruled$by$other$people,$didn't$know$if$it$was$
betrayal$of$their$own$people
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Hand$scroll:$sideways,$meant$to$be$held$and$viewed$arms$length$at$a$time
Hanging$scroll:$vertical,$meant$to$be$hanging$
Fig$25-02.$Zhao$Mengfu.$Autumn%Colors%on%the%Qiao%and%Hua%Mountains.$Yuan$
dynasty,$1296.$Handscroll$with$ink$and$color$on$paper.$
Artist$is$a$very$lonely$figure$
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Want$viewers$so$appreciate$the$old$Chinese$art$style
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Fig$25-03.$Ni$Zan.$The%Rongxi%Studio.$Yuan$dynasty,$1372.$Hanging$scroll$with$ink$on$
paper.
Used$lots$of$negative$spaces
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Dried$brush$technique$
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NO$FIGURES$in$his$landscapes$
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Dots$represent$earlier$ artist$that$he$studied
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Always$has$a$small$architecture$that$is$disproportionate$to$the$surrounding
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Ming$Dynasty$
3$painting$classes:$
Court
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Professionals-fulfilled$the$desires$of$theose$outside$the$court
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Literati$painters:$small
(Literati$don't$like$the$professional$s)$
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Northern:$academic,$eclectic,$precise$and$decorative
Southern:$calligraphic,$personal,$and$subjective
Fig$25-12.$Dong$Qichang.$The%Qingbian%Mountains.$Ming$Dynasty,$1600's.$Hanging$
scroll.$
Brushwork$an$extension$of$the$artists$chi/spirit
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Southern$school
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Art$very$abstract
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Litterati$art$(make$art$for$themselves,$not$money)$
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Fig$25-04.$Yin$Hong.$Hundreds%of%Birds%Admiring%the%Peacocks.$Ming$dynasty,$late$
15th$century$16th$century.$Hanging$scroll$with$ink$and$color$on$silk$
Art$of$the$professional$artist$(make$money$for$art)$
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Fig.$25-10.$Shen$Zhou.$Poet%on%a%Mountaintop.$Ink$and$Color$on$paper.$1500s.$China$
Perfect$example$of$all$3$high$arts($poetry,$calligraphy,$painting)$
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Poem$talking$about$the$landscape
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Qing$Dynasty$(1644-1911)
Last$imperial$ruler$(also$non$chinese)$
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More$colors$in$artwork$
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More$style$differences/influence$from$Buddhist$art
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Fig.$25-14.$Shitao.$Landscape.$Leaf$from$an$Album$of$Landscapes.$Qing$Dynasty.$$
C.1700.$Ink$and$color$on$paper
Individualist$(not$part$of$a$school/has$his$own$style)
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Message$was$just$to$paint$what$he$was$thinking$
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Doesn't$believe$artist$should$be$copying$ancient$artwork$
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