Chinese Landscape Painting in the Sui and T'ang Dynasties

1981 ◽  
Vol 63 (4) ◽  
pp. 693
Author(s):  
Alexander C. Soper ◽  
Michael Sullivan
Keyword(s):  
Landscape Painting ◽  
Chinese Landscape Painting

Shitao and the Enlightening Experience of Painting

2021 ◽  
Vol 31 (3) ◽  
pp. 93-112
Author(s):  
David Chai ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Song Dynasty ◽  
Aesthetic Experience ◽  
Landscape Painting ◽  
Classical Approach ◽  
The Song Dynasty ◽  
Scientific Approach ◽  
Old Masters ◽  
Chinese Landscape Painting

Having reached its zenith in the Song dynasty, Chinese landscape painting in the dynasties that followed became highly formulaic as artists simply copied the old masters to perfect their skills. This orthodox approach was not accepted by everyone however; some painters criticized it, arguing it was better to learn the ideas behind the techniques of the old masters than to blindly copy them. Shitao was one such critic and his Manual on Painting exemplifies his desire to disassociate himself from the classical approach to painting. This paper will investigate the three major themes of Shitao’s text—the holistic brushstroke, brush and ink, and the method of no-method—in order to show how they shaped his view of landscape painting and how said paintings subsequently embodied them. Unlike the near-scientific approach taken by his contemporaries and predecessors, Shitao paints to capture the unifying simplicity of nature, an onto-aesthetic experience that is profoundly enlightening.

The Synthesis of Rock Textures in Chinese Landscape Painting

2001 ◽  
Vol 20 (3) ◽  
pp. 123-131 ◽  
Author(s):  
Der-Lor Way ◽  
Zen-Chung Shih
Keyword(s):  
Landscape Painting ◽  
Chinese Landscape Painting

Early Chinese Landscape Painting

1941 ◽  
Vol 23 (2) ◽  
pp. 141-164 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alexander C. Soper
Keyword(s):  
Landscape Painting ◽  
Chinese Landscape Painting
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