VIS 127B Lecture Notes - Lecture 18: Li Gonglin, Liang Kai, Gautama Buddha
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Extra credit: go to museum and write report. Term paper due dec 3 same day as inal day extra credit due by then too. Old tree, bamboo and rock su shi (1036-1101) handscroll, ink on paper undated northern song. Literai painters painted for leisure, they were amateur arists (?) Link to landscape paining of northern song period. Su shi is important scholar oicial at the ime, very high rank passed all 3 levels of social service exam. Also famous calligrapher, one of four in the song dynasty. Bamboo wen tong (1018-1079) hanging scroll, ink on silk undated, northern song. Literai painings are not with permission of someone else, it"s for self or friends. Not very funcional purpose, just for self culivaion and self expression. Trying to disinguish themselves from court painters court painters looked down on by scholar oicials. Misty hills by the river mi youren (1072-1152) handscroll, ink, lead white, and slight color on silk .
