ART-HIST 355 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Court Painter, Stippling, Guo Xi
15 Sep 2018
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South: hemp fiber strokes, soft and relaxed: mountain is a sign of emotional release, north: harsh, nervous outline, repeated application of washes. Li cheng, a solitary temple amid clearing peaks, c. 960: misty, dampness, quiet and still. Lines are clear and distinct, sense of water from rushing waterfall: deciduous trees are harsh and spikey, temple in the center of the painting, buddhist temple bell ringing across the valley, tripartite composition, quiet mournfulness. Isolation from human society: compositionally starts to have a lot more clarity than some earlier works, crab claw stroke. Li cheng, viewing a stele, 10th century: blank stele, gazing at history, which is actually very lost. Lin"an in s. song period: religion, neo-confucianism, buddhism, daoism, ruling elite. Scholar-officials employed via civil service examinations: painting. Imperial painting academy founded in 984: xu daoning, fishing in a mountain stream, 1049, guo xi style.
