On the artistic characteristics of meticulous flower-and-bird painting in Song Dynasty

Flower-and-bird painting is an important category of painting in Song Dynasty, which greatly surpassed Tang Dynasty in art.. The court flower-and-bird painters in Song Dynasty attached great importance to the observation and study of animal and plant images, and their paintings of flowers, fruits and plants were vivid, reasonable and meticulous. Its exquisite performance, dense and elegant colors and meticulous and dignified modeling reflect the aesthetic characteristics of the court nobles in the Song Dynasty.

Evonne is Song Huizong, a painter and calligrapher in the Northern Song Dynasty. During the political period, the expansion of the Academy of Painting, the establishment of painting science, the collection of ancient paintings and the compilation of "Xuanhe Painting Spectrum" made the Palace Academy of Painting in Song Dynasty full of talents and reached the most prosperous period of China's palace painting. Evonne is good at meticulous flower-and-bird painting. The masterpiece "Lotus and Golden Rooster Map".

In the mid-Northern Song Dynasty, many literati regarded painting as a kind of cultural accomplishment, and often carried out artistic appreciation, art collection and artistic creation activities. This activity revolves around plum, orchid, bamboo and chrysanthemum, which makes the theme of "Four Gentlemen" form in Song Dynasty and become a unique category in painting.