According to historical records, Lu Tanwei’s painting style
It can be said that our understanding of Lu Tanwei’s painting style is all based on the writings of
According to historical records, Lu Tanwei’s painting style
It can be said that our understanding of Lu Tanwei’s painting style is all based on the writings of later generations. . Not one of Lu Tanwei's original paintings has survived to this day. Fortunately, Lu Tanwei's painting style had a great influence on later generations. The descendants who were lucky enough to see its true appearance all had a heart of admiration and piety, and described it in detail in words, so that we can still get a glimpse of the basic characteristics of the land painting.
Praise. But the price is extremely high, and there is no other comment except the top grade, so it is ranked first." "Although there are 'six methods' in painting, it is rare to do it well from ancient times to the present... ...Only Lu Tanwei and Wei Xie are ready to do this." Obviously, in Xie He's view, Lu's paintings have gone far beyond the perfection of the external form of his works and directly grasped the inner essence of art. The so-called "exhausting the rationale and exhausting the nature, and deleting the matter without describing the image" means that it can exhaust the inner spiritual temperament of the object and reach the superior ideal state, rather than being limited to superficial description and characterization. Therefore, Xie He placed it above the top grade, first and foremost. The first person to taste. At the same time, Xie He generally believed that Lu's painting "exhausts the six principles", that is, the painting has the effect of "vivid charm" due to "exhausting rationality".
Xie He's praise speech has a strong metaphysical color. Reading this text can only give people a rough grasp of the spiritual orientation of Lu Tanwei's paintings and the ideal state he achieved. However, the perceptual image characteristics of his paintings are still vague. Zhang Huaiguan's review of Lu's paintings gave people a clearer outline of his painting style. Zhang Yun: "Lu Gongshen is clever and wonderful, and his movements are in harmony with the gods. His handwriting is as sharp as a cone knife. His beautiful bones and clear image seem to be vivid, making people stunned as if they were looking at gods. Although they are so wonderful, they still think about them. It doesn’t blend with the outside of Mo. The husband is like a person’s character, Zhang Ya Yu Gu and Lu Ye, Zhang gets his flesh, Lu gets his bones, and he gets his spirit. "The spirit and spirit are combined with each other." It is still metaphysical. The praise, "The handwriting is as sharp as a cone knife" is a physical description, indicating that Lu Gong's pen is as strong and powerful as a cone knife penetrating into wood. Zhang Huaiguan mentioned the word "bone" three times here. The explanation of this concept can enhance our understanding of the style of Lu Hua. For example, in the history of literature, when we talk about "Jian'an style", it refers to the generous and upright spirit and vigorous style reflected in the works of Sancao and the Seventh Son of Jian'an.
This person will not be seen again in later generations. "The Chronicle of the Emperor of Jin says that Xi Zhi's character is Qingju." This kind of "bone" character describes the beauty of a person's strong and powerful image. When the concept of "bone" is transferred to the art of painting, the bone technique refers to the close and sharp lines that give people a sense of strength, and on this basis, through the sublimation of the author's spirit, the picture is formed. Overall "qi". The term "beautiful bones and clear image" has a progressive double-layered aesthetic connotation. One refers to the delicate and thin beauty of the character's external image, and the other refers to the character's inner strength, nobility, and wisdom reflected in the portrayal of this image. The quality of detachment. We believe that the two main characteristics of Lu Tanwei's paintings are: first, the delicate and thin appearance of the characters and the strong and powerful painting brush that pursues the carving of a knife; second, the spirit that transcends the focus on external form and goes straight to the ideal personality. level, so when people face the picture, they will have a feeling of "being astonished as if they were facing gods".