Gu Kaizhi, the originator of China's calligraphy and painting, was an outstanding painter, painting theorist and poet in the Eastern Jin Dynasty, who was famous for his "painting, talent and infatuation".
Whether painting portraits or historical figures, his figure paintings pay attention to vividness, making the finishing point and expressing the characteristics of the characters. Painting strives to write the spirit in form, with both form and spirit. As people have commented: save the pen first, and draw. His works include History of Women, Luoshen House and Women's Benevolence and Wisdom.
The original picture of female history has long been lost, and there are two existing original pictures of female history. One is hidden in the Palace Museum in Beijing and copied in the Southern Song Dynasty. The other one was plundered by Eight-Nation Alliance when it invaded Beijing in 1900. Now it is in the British Museum in London, England, and it is said that it was copied by people in the Tang Dynasty.
Gu Kaizhi (348-409) was born in Wuxi, Jinling (now Wuxi, Jiangsu), Han nationality. An outstanding painter, painting theorist and poet in the Eastern Jin Dynasty.
Gu Kaizhi is well-read and good at poetry and calligraphy, especially painting. Specializing in portraits, Buddha statues, animals, landscapes, etc. The world calls it the three musts: painting, talent and ignorance.
Xie Anshen was impressed, born without it. Gu Kaizhi, Cao Buxing, Lu Tanwei and Zhang Sengyou are also called "Four Masters in Six Dynasties". Gu Kaizhi's painting intention is vivid, and his ideas of "moving the mind" and "describing the spirit with form" laid the foundation for the development of traditional painting in China.
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Gu Kaizhi is knowledgeable and talented, and enjoys a good reputation in the history of ancient painting in China. He is good at poetry and calligraphy, especially at painting. Statues of workers, Buddha statues, animals, landscapes, etc.
Paintings such as "The Historical Treasure of Women", "The Goddess of Luo", "The Tale of Women", "The Picture of Qin" and so on. It is a treasure. In the aspect of painting theory, Gu Kaizhi also put forward such viewpoints as "vivid and vivid", "describing the spirit with form" and "thinking strangely", attaching importance to experience observation and advocating expressing the inner mental state of characters through painting.
Gu Kaizhi is well-read and versatile, and the world evaluates him as "three unique skills"-"talent stunt", "painting stunt" and "infatuation stunt". His painter Fawei has changed again. His paintings are full of colors, slightly embellished with rich colors, and do not seek halo decoration. The handwriting is meticulous and firm, such as silkworms spinning and spring clouds fluttering.
Historically, Cao Buxing, Gu Kaizhi, Lu Tanwei and Zhang Sengyou were collectively called "four outstanding figures in the Six Dynasties". He is proficient in painting theory, and his arguments such as "thinking wonderfully" and "writing spirit with form" have great influence on the development of Chinese painting.
Gu Kaizhi was obsessed with art and literature, but indifferent to fame and fortune, and reached his highest artistic achievement with the philosophy of "wisdom and stupidity".