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Huang Shen
Huang Shen (1687–1772) was a Chinese painter during the Qing Dynasty.Cihai: Page 2054. Huang was born in Ninghua, Fujian province, to a poor family. His courtesy names were Gongshou () and Gongmao (). His pseudonym was Yingpiaozi (). He began his training under the painter Shangguan Zhou (). In the earliest part of his career he excelled at cursive calligraphy and favored a meticulous style modelled after Ni Zan. He became better known as an artistic innovator who was one of the Eight Eccentrics of Yangzhou. When it came to paintings of people he favored images of religious, historic, and common people. His more famous works include ''The Drunk Monk'' and ''Shepherd Su Wu''. File:老叟執磬圖.jpg, the old holds a musical stone File:捧梅圖.jpg, Holding Plum Flower File:觀花老人圖.jpg, The old in flower viewing Notes References * Ci hai bian ji wei yuan hui (). Ci hai (). Shanghai: Shanghai cishu chubanshe (), 1979. Sources *''Chinese Paintings in the Ashmo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lin Bu
Lin Bu (; 967–1028) was a Chinese poet during the Northern Song dynasty. His courtesy name was Junfu (君復). One of the most famous verse masters of his time, Lin lived as a recluse by the West Lake in Hangzhou for much of his later life. His works and theatrical solitude won him nationwide fame, and he was offered prestigious government posts, although he refused all civic duties in pursuit of his poetry. Long after he died, Lin's eccentric attitude and his works retained a vivid place in Song cultural imagination and later works. Works Lin is well known for his romantic poems. One example of his works, titled ''Everlasting Longing'' is shown below: Gallery File:林和靖處士之墓丁酉臘月十一 2018.1.27.jpg, Lin Bu's Tomb on Gushan Island, West Lake area File:Song dynasty poet Lin Bu.jpg, Painting of Lin Bu by Kanō Tsunenobu (1636–1713) was a Japanese painting, Japanese painter of the Kanō school. He first studied under his father, Kanō Naonobu, and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ni Zan
Ni Zan (; 1301–1374) was a Chinese painter during the Yuan and early Ming periods. Along with Huang Gongwang, Wu Zhen, and Wang Meng, he is considered to be one of the Four Masters of the Yuan Dynasty. Life Ni Zan was born into a wealthy family in Wuxi. His courtesy name was Yuan Zhen (元鎮), and his art names were Yun Lin Zi (雲林子), Huan Xia Sheng (幻霞生), and Jing Man Min (荊蠻民).Cihai: Page 253. He was born after the death of the Kublai Khan, the Mongol ruler who defeated the Song and established dominance over all the areas that had traditionally been considered China. The Yuan rulers did not trust many of the Confucian scholars and instead preferred to appoint Mongolians and Muslims to administrative positions. Ni Zan was born into an elite family who could afford the cost of a rigorous Confucian education for him in spite of the unavailability of high-paying governmental jobs that traditionally were the reward for such an education. He was one of a numb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
People From Sanming
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Qing Dynasty Painters
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1772 Deaths
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1687 Births
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Oxford
Oxford () is a city in England. It is the county town and only city of Oxfordshire. In 2020, its population was estimated at 151,584. It is north-west of London, south-east of Birmingham and north-east of Bristol. The city is home to the University of Oxford, the oldest university in the English-speaking world; it has buildings in every style of English architecture since late Anglo-Saxon. Oxford's industries include motor manufacturing, education, publishing, information technology and science. History The history of Oxford in England dates back to its original settlement in the Saxon period. Originally of strategic significance due to its controlling location on the upper reaches of the River Thames at its junction with the River Cherwell, the town grew in national importance during the early Norman period, and in the late 12th century became home to the fledgling University of Oxford. The city was besieged during The Anarchy in 1142. The university rose to dom ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Su Wu
Su Wu (; 140 BC - 60 BC ) was a Chinese diplomat and politician of the Western Han dynasty. He is known in Chinese history for making the best of his mission into foreign territory. During his mission he was captured and then detained for nineteen years, enduring major hardship at least in the early years of his captivity. Nevertheless, he endured this treatment while remaining faithful to his mission and his homeland. According to Chinese tradition, in the early stages of his captivity, Su Wu was so deprived of food that he only survived in the cold north lands by eating his coverings, then enduring long years of servitude herding sheep, before managing to return home. He was able to return home after deceiving his captors with a story about his having sent a message back to the Western Han dynasty by means of tying a letter on the leg of a wild goose. Su's loyalty to the Western Han is emphasised by the story that during his detainment he married a wife, that he had chil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eight Eccentrics Of Yangzhou
Eight Eccentrics of Yangzhou () is the name for a group of eight Chinese painters active in the eighteenth-century, who were known in the Qing Dynasty for rejecting the orthodox ideas about painting in favor of a style deemed expressive and individualist.Cihai: Page 668. The term was also used because they each had strong personalities at variance with the conventions of their own time. Most of them were from impoverished or troubled backgrounds. Still the term is, generally, more a statement about their artistic style than any social eccentricities. The eight had an influence and association with painters like Gao Fenghan, as well as several others. The Eight The generally accepted list is:Cihai: Page 668. Based on Li Yufen's (李玉棻) book 《瓯钵罗室书画目过考》 * Wāng ShìShèn (汪士慎) (1686–1759) * Huáng Shèn (黄慎) (1687–1768) * Lĭ Shàn (李鱓/李鳝) (1686?–1756) * Jīn Nóng (金农) (1687–1764) * Luō Pìn (罗聘) (1733–1799) * Gāo Xi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chinese Calligraphy
Chinese calligraphy is the writing of Chinese characters as an art form, combining purely visual art and interpretation of the literary meaning. This type of expression has been widely practiced in China and has been generally held in high esteem across East Asia. Calligraphy is considered one of the four most-sought skills and hobbies of ancient Chinese literati, along with playing stringed musical instruments, the board game "Go", and painting. There are some general standardizations of the various styles of calligraphy in this tradition. Chinese calligraphy and ink and wash painting are closely related: they are accomplished using similar tools and techniques, and have a long history of shared artistry. Distinguishing features of Chinese painting and calligraphy include an emphasis on motion charged with dynamic life. According to Stanley-Baker, "Calligraphy is sheer life experienced through energy in motion that is registered as traces on silk or paper, with time and rhyt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nanjing Museum
The Nanjing Museum () is located in Nanjing, the capital of Jiangsu Province in East China. With an area of , it is one of the largest museums in China. The museum has over 400,000 items in its permanent collection, making it one of the largest in China. Especially notable is the museum's enormous collections of Ming and Qing imperial porcelain, which is among the largest in the world. History The Nanjing Museum was one of the first museums established in China. The predecessor of the Nanjing Museum was the preparatory department of the National Central Museum, which was established in 1933. The museum took over in the Half Hill Garden of Zhongshan Gate. Cai Yuanpei, the first preparatory president of the council of the museum, proposed building three major halls, named "Humanity," "Craft" and "Nature". Because of China's political instability in the 1930s, only the Humanity Hall was built. During the Japanese invasion, part of its collections were transferred to Southwest ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shangguan Zhou , China
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Shangguan is the atonal pinyin romanization of various Chinese words and names, and may refer to: * Shangguan (surname), a Chinese compound surname * Shangguan, Dali (上关镇, ''Shàngguān zhèn''), a town in Dali, Yunnan, China * (上莞镇, ''Shàngguǎn zhèn''), a town in Dongyuan County, Heyuan, Guangdong, China * (上馆镇, ''Shǎngguǎnzhèn''), a town in Shanxi Shanxi (; ; formerly romanised as Shansi) is a landlocked province of the People's Republic of China and is part of the North China region. The capital and largest city of the province is Taiyuan, while its next most populated prefecture-lev ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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