Four cases of Buddhist painting

The four schools of Buddhism and painting refer to Cao, Zhang Sengyou, Wu Daozi and (not all of them are figures of the Three Kingdoms, the Jin Dynasty and the Southern and Northern Dynasties).

Cao is a painter in Beiqi, China. The year of birth and death is unknown. He comes from Cao Guo in Central Asia (Samarkand region of Uzbekistan) and used to be a doctor in North Korea. He is good at drawing figures, portraits and Buddhist images, especially foreign Buddha statues.

Zhang Sengyou, a famous painter, was born in Liang Dynasty (now Huzhou, Zhejiang). His date of birth and death is unknown. Painted Buddha statues, with their own style, are called "Zhang's style" and are a model of sculptors.

Wu Daozi (about 680 ~ 759) was a painter in the Tang Dynasty. Painting history is called warrior sage. Also known as Daoxuan. Han nationality, from Yangzhai (now Yuzhou, Henan). He is good at Buddhism, ghosts and gods, figures, landscapes, animals, plants, pavilions and so on. , especially good at Buddhism and figures, and good at mural creation.

Zhou Fang, a painter in the Tang Dynasty, was born in Jingzhao (now Xi, Shaanxi). His date of birth and death is unknown. He is good at painting portraits and Buddha statues, and his style is "simple in clothes, soft in color and rich in body."