Song dynasty flower-and-bird painting 1

Flower-and-bird paintings in the early Northern Song Dynasty mainly inherited the traditions of the Five Dynasties, and most of them were painted by Xu Xi and Huang Quan, and the rich luteal "hook color" style was even more popular all over the world. In the late Northern Song Dynasty, due to Song Huizong and Evonne's special interest in painting, under his vigorous advocacy, flower-and-bird painting further developed into meticulous realism with the courtyard as the mainstream, and the brushwork was neat and delicate, which made meticulous flower-and-bird painting reach its peak.

Flower-and-bird painting is the most common theme in Song Dynasty. Most of them are in the form of sketches, which are small in scale and simple in content but full of interest. As an aesthetic standard, the "ethereal and quiet beauty" of Song people's flower-and-bird paintings has become the only way to guide the creation of flower-and-bird paintings and an important way for us to understand the ethereal and quiet beauty of Song people's flower-and-bird paintings. Let's first take a look at the influence of the aesthetic stereotype of emptiness and tranquility on the selection of flower-and-bird sketches in Song Dynasty.