VIS 127B Lecture 17: vis127b 11-12-2015
Document Summary
Birds on a wax bush emperor huizong 1081-1135: slender gold script gold is irm and directly linked to the emperor unique calligraphy style by hand. Thin strokes but strong lots of wriing on painings. Five-colored parakeet on a blossoming apricot tree, ink and color on silk northern song. Five-colored parakeet, ink and color on silk northern song dynasty, undated: flowers detailed very realisically. Painted on silk, not paper (even though already popular in song dynasty) imperial painings done on silk (luxury material) Auspicious cranes, handscroll ink and color on silk undated northern song dynasty (emperor. Huizong paining academy: may or may not be painted by emperor himself painted by someone at the academy, cranes important and have oicial meaning symbols of longevity. Ladies preparing newly woven silk, handscroll ink color and gold on silk undated northern. Whispering pines in the mountains, hanging scroll ink and light color on silk 1124 northern.
