A renegade who used the past to envision the future
1 year, 6 months ago

A renegade who used the past to envision the future

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Shaded Dwellings among Streams and Mountains by Dong Qichang, in which the painter was "breaking down pictures in the same way that the cubist did", to quote curator Joseph Scheier-Dolberg. "The compositions are a little bit outrageous — they feel very unstable, very broken-down," the expert of ancient Chinese painting and calligraphy reflects. And that's why Scheier-Dolberg has included this particular piece, titled Shaded Dwellings among Streams and Mountains, in his exhibition Learning to Paint in Premodern China. "We've studied Donatello, we've studied Leonardo, we've studied Titian and Van Eyck and Rubens… and there's no way except to start breaking down the pictures.

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Exhibition expounds on 'vision and verse' in Chinese art
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Exhibition expounds on 'vision and verse' in Chinese art

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This landscape painting of an album by Wang Jian was made in response to a line of poetry by Du Fu. "As there happened to be a volume of Du Fu's poetry on the table, I selected one suitable couplet for inscription on each of my landscapes," wrote Wang Jian, a much celebrated painter living in 17th-century China, on the …

Exhibition expounds on 'vision and verse' in Chinese art
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Exhibition expounds on 'vision and verse' in Chinese art

China Daily  

This landscape painting of an album by Wang Jian was made in response to a line of poetry by Du Fu. "As there happened to be a volume of Du Fu's poetry on the table, I selected one suitable couplet for inscription on each of my landscapes," wrote Wang Jian, a much celebrated painter living in 17th-century China, on the …

Exhibition expounds on 'vision and verse' in Chinese art
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Exhibition expounds on 'vision and verse' in Chinese art

China Daily  

This landscape painting of an album by Wang Jian was made in response to a line of poetry by Du Fu. "As there happened to be a volume of Du Fu's poetry on the table, I selected one suitable couplet for inscription on each of my landscapes," wrote Wang Jian, a much celebrated painter living in 17th-century China, on the …

Exhibition expounds on 'vision and verse' in Chinese art
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Exhibition expounds on 'vision and verse' in Chinese art

China Daily  

By Zhao Xu | China Daily | Updated: 2024-05-28 14:59 This landscape painting of an album by Wang Jian was made in response to a line of poetry by Du Fu. "As there happened to be a volume of Du Fu's poetry on the table, I selected one suitable couplet for inscription on each of my landscapes," wrote Wang Jian, …

A renegade who used the past to envision the future
1 year, 6 months ago

A renegade who used the past to envision the future

China Daily  

Shaded Dwellings among Streams and Mountains by Dong Qichang, in which the painter was "breaking down pictures in the same way that the cubist did", to quote curator Joseph Scheier-Dolberg. "The compositions are a little bit outrageous — they feel very unstable, very broken-down," the expert of ancient Chinese painting and calligraphy reflects. And that's why Scheier-Dolberg has included this …

A renegade who used the past to envision the future
1 year, 6 months ago

A renegade who used the past to envision the future

China Daily  

A page from the Mustard Seed Garden Manual of Painting, first printed in 1679. Yet unlike many pioneering artists who were dismissed or even rejected during their time, Dong, thanks in part to his "savvy, powerful personality" to quote Scheier-Dolberg, was able to rise very high in the government as a scholar-official, which in turn allowed him to "operate in …

What's on
1 year, 6 months ago

What's on

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The spiritual domain Ancient Chinese Calligraphy and Painting, one of the long-term exhibitions at the National Museum of China, frequently rotates its diverse collection and features selections from an assembly of some 10,000 classic Chinese paintings and calligraphic pieces. It is currently displaying dozens of landscape paintings produced between the 15th and 19th centuries under the theme "Traveling Through Mountains …

What's on
1 year, 6 months ago

What's on

China Daily  

The spiritual domain Ancient Chinese Calligraphy and Painting, one of the long-term exhibitions at the National Museum of China, frequently rotates its diverse collection and features selections from an assembly of some 10,000 classic Chinese paintings and calligraphic pieces. It is currently displaying dozens of landscape paintings produced between the 15th and 19th centuries under the theme "Traveling Through Mountains …

What's on
1 year, 6 months ago

What's on

China Daily  

The spiritual domain Ancient Chinese Calligraphy and Painting, one of the long-term exhibitions at the National Museum of China, frequently rotates its diverse collection and features selections from an assembly of some 10,000 classic Chinese paintings and calligraphic pieces. It is currently displaying dozens of landscape paintings produced between the 15th and 19th centuries under the theme "Traveling Through Mountains …

What's on
1 year, 6 months ago

What's on

China Daily  

The spiritual domain Ancient Chinese Calligraphy and Painting, one of the long-term exhibitions at the National Museum of China, frequently rotates its diverse collection and features selections from an assembly of some 10,000 classic Chinese paintings and calligraphic pieces. It is currently displaying dozens of landscape paintings produced between the 15th and 19th centuries under the theme "Traveling Through Mountains …

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