Works on the theme of paintings of beautiful women

Works on the theme of paintings of ladies include "Pictures of Stories of Wise Empresses in Past Dynasties", "Pictures of Poems of the Ten Palaces", "Pictures of Fun in the Willow Shade", etc.

1. "Pictures of Stories of Virtuous Empresses in the Past Dynasties" - In order to promote feudal ethics and set a behavioral model for the concubines in the court, Jiao Bingzhen created a 12-volume volume of "Pictures of Stories of Virtuous Empresses of the Past Dynasties".

The theme of this album is taken from the stories of thrifty, benevolent, virtuous and filial concubines such as the mother of King Wen of the Western Zhou Dynasty, Empress Mingde Ma of Emperor Ming of the Eastern Han Dynasty, and Empress Cishengyu of Renzong of the Northern Song Dynasty. The title in the painting was written by Liang Shizheng and written by Emperor Qianlong when he was a prince.

The poems record the deeds of these queens and queen mothers and their evaluations.

The buildings in the picture are drawn using the European focus perspective method, which is different from traditional Chinese boundary paintings.

The female characters in it all appear weak and the colors are rich and colorful.

2. "Ten Palace Ci Pictures" - Leng Mei, the court painter who studied under Jiao Bingzhen, is also a master of painting ladies, and the paintings he depicts are generally aristocratic women.

Similar to Jiao Bingzhen's "Pictures of Stories of Virtuous Empresses of the Past Dynasties", Leng Mei's work "Pictures of Poems of the Ten Palaces" also depicts stories of virtuous concubines or noble concubines in the past dynasties. It has strong educational significance. The poem is written by Liang Shizheng before Hongli succeeded to the throne.

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However, in view of the fact that this album only serves the function of "educating people and helping people's ethics", the buildings in the album are not palace buildings of past dynasties, but only serve as the background of the characters' stories, and have more decorative colors.

The "Hercynian painting method" used by Leng Mei is based on the technique of traditional Chinese boundary painting, using perspective to enhance the spatial depth of the picture, and using the relationship between light and dark to distinguish the yin and yang from the back.

3. "Liu Yin Yiqu Picture Scroll" - Gai Qi Gai Qi is good at painting figures, flowers and bamboos, and is especially famous for his paintings of ladies.

He studied the methods of famous painters from far and near, especially those of Ming and Tang Yin, Qiu Ying and others who used clean ink and elegant colors. They created slender shapes and elegant colors. They created a new physique in lady paintings, which was known as the "revised school" at the time.

Seven women appear in the "Liu Yin Fun Picture Scroll", showing scenes of picking flowers and plants, doing makeup in the mirror, and sitting quietly chatting. The background of trees and rocks is simple, and the outline and coloring techniques of the characters and scenery were all learned from Qiu Ying.