"Cao clothes emerge from the water" and "Five Dynasties prevailed" all refer to the artistic features used in China's paintings to depict the folds of characters' clothes, generally referring to the religious artistic style initiated by Cao in the Northern Qi Dynasty and Wu Daozi in the Tang Dynasty.
Zhang Tang Yan Yuan's Notes on Famous Paintings of Past Dynasties records: "Cao was a Cao in the Northern Qi Dynasty, and the most important painter of Brahma was Cao." Tang Wu Daozi wuyue. Wu's pen, its potential turns round, but the clothes float; Cao Zhi's pen is thick and tight. Therefore, the younger generation called it:' Wu rides the wind and comes out of the water'. "
The meaning of this article is that Cao's brushwork is a blunt and heavy expression, depicting the Buddha's close-fitting state, like wearing gauze, as if he had just come out of the water. Wu Dai's painting style is a kind of elegant brushwork, which depicts the elegant state of clothes on characters.
Brief introduction of Cao painter
"Cao clothes come out of the water", also known as "Cao family's appearance", is one of the methods of pleating and painting of China ancient figures created by Cao in the Northern Qi Dynasty of Cao in Central Asia. "Tu Zhi" said that Cao's figure paintings are often tied tightly with fine pens, like clothes covered with tulle, and like the feeling of just being fished out of the water, so later generations named them.
Cao, originally from the Western Region Cao State (now Samarkand, Uzbekistan), was born and died in an unknown year. Officials went to Beiqi for medical treatment. According to records, he is good at painting Buddhist paintings and clay sculptures. His Buddhist paintings were called "Cao Family Painting Style" in the Tang Dynasty, and some people called it "Zhang Family Painting Style". Cao's painting method of "Cao clothes coming out of the water" is equivalent to Wu Daozi's "Five Dynasties prevailing" in the Tang Dynasty.
In Tang Dynasty, Cao's Buddhist painting style, also known as Cao's painting style, kept pace with Zhang's painting style in Zhang Sengyou, Wu's painting style in Wu Daozi and Zhou's painting style, which had a great influence on Buddhist painting and sculpture. He comes from the western regions, and his painting style is different. However, after he arrived in the Central Plains, he was influenced by Chinese art and merged with each other, which was praised and affirmed by people at that time.
According to records, he also painted portraits of Lu Sidao, Hu Luyue, Murong Shaozong and others. These works have long since disappeared, but we know that he is also good at portraits and depicting aristocratic life. His artistic style can still be seen in the existing Buddhist statues of the Northern Dynasties.