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Ming Dynasty: Shen Zhou
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Shen Zhou (1427 ~ 1509) was an outstanding painter and calligrapher in Ming dynasty. The word "Qinan" is named Shi Tian, Baishi Weng, Yu Tiansheng, a master living in a secluded bamboo house and so on. Han nationality, from Changzhou (now Suzhou, Jiangsu). Born in the second year of Xuande in Ming Dynasty, he died in the fourth year of Zhengde in Ming Dynasty at the age of 83. He didn't take the imperial examination, but specialized in poetry, calligraphy and painting. He was the pioneer of the "five schools" of literati painting in the middle of Ming Dynasty, and was also called "Ming Sijia" with Wen Zhiming, Tang Yin and Chou Ying. Handed down from ancient times, his works include High Map of Lushan Mountain, Old Map of Lin Qiu and Interesting Map of Cangzhou. He is the author of Shi Tian Ji and Ke Wen.
Shen Zhou's paintings have made two great contributions to traditional landscape painting: one is to integrate the south into the north and carry forward the tradition of literati painting. For example, Shen Zhou's rough brushwork of mountains and rivers has merged into the rigidity and toughness of Zhejiang School, and the mountains and valleys have increased the strength and potential of judging people, which has integrated the vastness of the Southern Song Dynasty with the grandeur and fluency of the Northern Song Dynasty, and the emotions expressed have changed from quiet to broad and peaceful. Second, further combine poetry, books and paintings. Huang Tingjian, a calligrapher in Shenzhou, has a "vigorous and extraordinary" brushwork, which is very similar and harmonious with his vigorous landscape paintings. He also applied the skills of calligraphy to painting. At the same time, Shen Zhou was a poet, and he was "vigorous and frustrated, rich and old" in his later years. He combined this poetic style with painting style to make his paintings more poetic.
References:
Shen Zhou-Baidu encyclopedia