A Thousand Miles of Rivers and Mountains written by Wang Ximeng in the Northern Song Dynasty is a colorful silk book with a length of 5 1.5cm and a width of1191.5cm. ..
Wang Ximeng, a court painter in the Northern Song Dynasty, has no records about his life and related materials in the history books, which is quite common among court painters in past dynasties. Fortunately, after his book A Thousand Miles of Rivers and Mountains, there is an inscription by Cai Jing, a famous power figure in Huizong period of the Northern Song Dynasty, which keeps some valuable materials for our research today. Postscript cloud: "Zheng He gave it on April 8 three years ago. Simon is eighteen years old. He used to be a painting student. He was called to China Library and drew some pictures. He didn't work very hard. He knows that his nature can be taught, so he teaches him and teaches other methods himself. No more than half a year old, but this is the way to get in. I fucked Jia because I gave it to the minister. Beijing said that scholars in the world have done this. " The three years of politics mentioned in the postscript (1 1 13) may be the time when the book A Thousand Miles of Rivers and Mountains was completed. At this time, Wang Ximeng 18 years old. If the picture was really taken this year, Wang Ximeng was probably born in 1095. From the book "A Thousand Miles of Mountains and Rivers", we can see that his painting techniques mainly inherited the green landscape painting method of General Erli in the prosperous Tang Dynasty, and changed it on this basis, forming a relatively novel and unique green landscape painting technique style, which has certain innovative significance.
What happened after Wang Ximeng created this painting is not mentioned in the written materials of Song and Yuan Dynasties, but in the annotation of Poems on Paintings by Luo Song in Qing Dynasty, Wang Ximeng died shortly after finishing this volume. Although I don't know the origin of this statement, Wang Ximeng's works have never appeared in later works.
A Thousand Miles of Rivers and Mountains is the only work handed down by Wang Ximeng. This painting depicts the magnificent rivers and mountains of the motherland. On the screen, the mountains are undulating, the rivers are vast, the weather is myriad and the momentum is magnificent. There are cliffs and waterfalls in the mountains, winding paths leading to secluded places, houses dotted with green saffron, long pine and bamboo, and beautiful scenery. Wild fishing villages, waterside huts and water mill long bridges between mountains and rivers are set up according to the terrain and environment, reflecting mountains and lakes. With concise techniques, gorgeous colors and meticulous brushwork, this volume shows the magnificence of the motherland's mountains and rivers, and has always been regarded as a giant structure in the mountains and rivers of the Song Dynasty.
The painter made full use of the multi-point perspective of the traditional long scroll form in composition. In the huge scroll of more than ten meters, the scenery is roughly divided into six parts, each part is mainly represented by mountains, and the parts are connected by long bridges or running water, which makes the mountains and rivers relatively independent, interrelated and skillfully integrated, and achieves the artistic effect of changing the scenery. The interspersed application of high, far and far composition makes the picture ups and downs, full of strong sense of rhythm and fascinating.
Thousands of miles of rivers and mountains inherited the traditional "turquoise method" in color setting and pen use, that is, azurite, turquoise and other minerals were used as the main pigments, with exaggerated colors and certain decorative effects, so it was called "turquoise landscape". This method of expression is an early one of China's landscape painting techniques. During the Sui and Tang Dynasties, many painters such as Zhan Ziqian, Li Sixun and Li Zhaodao were good at drawing green landscape paintings. On the basis of inheriting the former law, Wang Ximeng showed a more delicate painting style, which reflected the neat and rigorous painting style of the Northern Song Dynasty. This painting is accurate with a pen, and every painting has not failed. Although the characters are as small as beans, they are full of movement. The microwave waterline is all a stroke, and fishing boats and cruise ships swing in it, adding movement to the picture. Looking at the whole picture, the majestic realm and magnificent momentum are impressive from a distance. In terms of color, the painter strives to change in the monotonous blue-green color. Although cyan is the main color, he pays attention to the change of technique when using color. The color is rich or light, with ochre as the lining, which makes the picture clear and colorful. Pu Guang, a famous calligrapher in the Yuan Dynasty, was full of praise for this volume. In the postscript, he said: "The ancient and modern Danqing small scene has been independent for thousands of years, and it has been independent in recent months." This theory is fair.
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