Zhan Ziqian's You Chuntu
If nothing else, a picture of A Thousand Miles of Rivers and Mountains exhibited some time ago is even worse than A Thousand Miles of Rivers and Mountains. It is said that it is You Chuntu by Zhan Ziqian, a painter of Sui Dynasty.
You Chuntu, the oldest existing landscape painting, was handed down by Zhan Ziqian, a painter in Sui Dynasty. There are six words "Zhan Ziqian You Chuntu" inscribed by Song Huizong and Evonne, which can be said to be an orderly early China landscape painting art treasure. The whole painting is rich and heavy in color. The rocks and trees are all colored with kyanite and turquoise pigment made of minerals, with turquoise as the main tone, which is the masterpiece of early turquoise landscape painting.
Dong Yuan's Xiaoxiang Map
Dong Yuan is regarded by Dong Qichang as the originator of "Southern School" landscape painting, and his painting style has a very important influence on later generations. This picture of Xiaoxiang Hiding in the Forbidden City is not beautiful because of the strangeness of the mountain, but because of the cultural background, which is a realistic embodiment of the humanities of Xiaoxiang Resort. Only Chu is talented and prosperous. Dong Yuan's painting history regards this painting as the pioneering work of "Southern School" landscape painting.
Guo's The Story of the Stone
The Five Dynasties to the Northern Song Dynasty was an important development stage in the history of calligraphy and painting, which created many new painting styles in the history of calligraphy and painting in China. Its representatives are Li (), Guo (), Dong (Yuan), Ju (Ran) and so on. However, there are not many of Guo's works, among which "Flat Sky and Flat Stone Map" is Guo's masterpiece in his later years. For friends outside the circle of calligraphy and painting, this painting seems strange, but it is definitely a rare and famous painting.
Wei Xian's Gao Shitu
Wei Xian's paintings have a good composition and strong lines. These houses are accurately and meticulously depicted by boundary paintings. Rocks and trees are densely painted, the nearby trees are carefully painted, and the distant trees are combined with hooks and dots. The key point is to dry and dye the ink layer by layer from shallow to deep, which looks dignified. This painting is not only excellent in itself, but also an important dating work, which embodies the connecting link between the five dynasties. Before this, the Tang Dynasty was generally dominated by figures, and after that, the Northern Song Dynasty was generally dominated by mountains and rivers. This painting pays equal attention to both scenery and figures, and plays an important role in the history of painting.
Zhang Zeduan's Riverside Scene at Qingming Festival
This painting is still taken out in the national treasure and compared with the map of a thousand miles across the country. I forgot the specific expression, which probably means: The Riverside Map on Qingming Festival can be a masterpiece, and so can this thousand miles of rivers and mountains. I really admire Song Huizong's aesthetics. Hundreds of years later, it was predicted so clearly. On its five-meter-long scroll, The Riverside Scene at Qingming Festival shows in detail the living conditions of all classes in Tokyo, the capital, and clearly reflects the architecture, living conditions and markets in the Northern Song Dynasty. It has high artistic value and historical value.
Apart from The Riverside Scene at Qingming Festival, other works above seem to be unfamiliar to many people. When the paintings and calligraphy works of the past dynasties are displayed in the Forbidden City, it seems that there are no such things as Qingming Riverside Map and Green Landscape, but they are "forgotten" in some anxiety. If we want to talk about the history of calligraphy and painting, these works are "masterpieces" that cannot be avoided.