Various forms of entertainment, such as listening to music and watching a movie, exist in modern society. People can choose whatever they want if some conditions are satisfied. What about Chinese people in the past? How did they enjoy their spare time? According to Li Huarui, who is a professor at Capital Normal University, “Landscape painting was a “gentlemanly” pastime exclusively favored by literati just as rustic retreats were literati places,” (Huarui). Twelve Views of Landscape, which is a landscape painting that takes place in the Song dynasty, is an escape from routine life for Xia Gui, the artist of the painting as well as viewers; the painting expresses the Chinese people’s ideal world through the subject matter, medium, the use
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No color would represent a limit of expression for artists. When they try to use black ink and brush, much more delicate work and extreme concentration is required: artists must consider the density of the ink, the shape of lines, size of brush, type of hair in the brush, strength needed to grab the brush, and the angle between the brush and the paper. All elements artists choose to incorporate in a specific art piece become their own stylistic and artistic choice. The reason Gui clung to black ink and brush is that those are the best way to use qi of calligraphy even though he had to endure complexities in handling the medium. In other words, the artist expresses the energy, which nature includes, to create ideal with his own …show more content…
They are too small beyond recognition, so viewers can just make out a figure. Some artworks that impressionists in the 19th century created share some commonalities with this painting. Impressionists depicted the nature with phenomenology excluding political, social, historical thought. They just focused on nature itself, so people are usually cropped or are represented by blurry silhouettes. The big difference from impressionism and the distinct feature of this painting is that what the artist wants to deliver is small philosophy, which is harmony between humanity and nature. It has the possibility; the people in the painting can be “I,” who appreciate the artwork. The painting enables viewers to realize this possibility while they undergo the process to fold and unfold the handscroll. As viewers follow the perspectives, they would sail along a waterway on the boat, stand on a rock, or sit and relax in the pavilion. Every moment, time and place that artists use to communicate with nature is important. Therefore, the artist chose to use multiple perspectives.
Twelve Views of Landscape which is a landscape painting of the Song dynasty, is an escape from routine life for Xia Gui, the artist of the painting, and viewers alike; it expresses their ideal world through the subject matter, medium, the use of negative space, the philosophy the painting reflects, and the multiple perspectives. These were the
No color would represent a limit of expression for artists. When they try to use black ink and brush, much more delicate work and extreme concentration is required: artists must consider the density of the ink, the shape of lines, size of brush, type of hair in the brush, strength needed to grab the brush, and the angle between the brush and the paper. All elements artists choose to incorporate in a specific art piece become their own stylistic and artistic choice. The reason Gui clung to black ink and brush is that those are the best way to use qi of calligraphy even though he had to endure complexities in handling the medium. In other words, the artist expresses the energy, which nature includes, to create ideal with his own …show more content…
They are too small beyond recognition, so viewers can just make out a figure. Some artworks that impressionists in the 19th century created share some commonalities with this painting. Impressionists depicted the nature with phenomenology excluding political, social, historical thought. They just focused on nature itself, so people are usually cropped or are represented by blurry silhouettes. The big difference from impressionism and the distinct feature of this painting is that what the artist wants to deliver is small philosophy, which is harmony between humanity and nature. It has the possibility; the people in the painting can be “I,” who appreciate the artwork. The painting enables viewers to realize this possibility while they undergo the process to fold and unfold the handscroll. As viewers follow the perspectives, they would sail along a waterway on the boat, stand on a rock, or sit and relax in the pavilion. Every moment, time and place that artists use to communicate with nature is important. Therefore, the artist chose to use multiple perspectives.
Twelve Views of Landscape which is a landscape painting of the Song dynasty, is an escape from routine life for Xia Gui, the artist of the painting, and viewers alike; it expresses their ideal world through the subject matter, medium, the use of negative space, the philosophy the painting reflects, and the multiple perspectives. These were the