FAH101H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Dong Yuan, Miaoying Temple, Norther
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Hanging (vertical) scroll , much taller than it is wide. Landscape painting - what chinese arts are mostly famous for. Spring outing, or traveling in spring , zhan ziqian. 43 x80. 5 cm a song dynasty copy of a tang dynasty original . Both mineral pigments , traded to china from pakistan. Most of the landscape elements ( mountains, trees ) on top right section. Use of blank space left to center of the silk , middle red space is water. Also has little boat with 3 little human figures , not the focus at all. Ideal of fisherman : someone choosing to live outside of societies. Daoism had idea of detached away from society. In buddhism , luohans are male figures living outside, beyond normal political life, living close to nature . Original painting dates to tenth century ; rubbing dates to 1617 . Themes: progression- distance , lives, 2 people (friendship ,loyalty.
