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What is the appreciation of the work of the emperor's carriage?

Appreciation of the work of the emperor in the emperor's carriage:

Content: The work depicts the marriage of Emperor Tang Taizong to Songtsen Gampo, the king of Turfan, in the 15th year of the reign of Emperor Zhenguan.

Artistic technique composition, in order to better highlight the supreme demeanor of Taizong, the author skillfully used contrasting techniques to set off the performance.

One is to use the palace girls' petite and tender to contrast with Tang Taizong's stout, deep and calm, which is a counterpoint.

The second is to Ludongzan's sincerity, humility, and politeness to set off the Tang Emperor's dignified, calm, and amiable attitude, which is a positive contrast. The picture does not have a background, the structure from right to left, from close and gradually sparse, focused, rhythmic.

Color-wise, the scene of this picture is a festive one. The author uses silk colors, and according to the traditional custom of China, a festive scene is usually decorated with red color. In order to emphasize this feature, the author specially painted the ceremonial officer, the central figure in the middle of the picture, in red.

Value: This work is not only of high artistic value, but also a testimony to the friendship between the Chinese and Tibetan peoples.

Note:

The painting "Step in the Emperor's carriage" is one of the masterpieces of the Tang Dynasty painter Yan Liben, one of the ten most famous heirloom paintings in China, which is now housed in the National Palace Museum. The work is elegant and gorgeous color, smooth and round lines, composition is full of changes, for the representative works of Tang Dynasty painting. It has precious historical and artistic value.

In 640 A.D. (the 14th year of Zhenguan), Songtsen Gampo, King of the Tubo Dynasty, admired the civilization of the Tang Dynasty, and sent an envoy, Ludongzan, to Chang'an for employment. The painting in the emperor's carriage depicts Ludongzan on his pilgrimage to meet Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty. The existing painting is believed to be a copy from the Song Dynasty. It is in the Palace Museum in Beijing. Silk, color, 38.5 centimeters longitudinally, 129.6 centimeters horizontally. It is known as one of the "Ten Famous Heirloom Paintings of China".