Overview of the Development of Landscape Painting in China

China's landscape painting originated in Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties, gradually matured in Sui and Tang Dynasties, reached its peak in Five Dynasties, reached its peak in Song Dynasty, and literati painting gradually became the mainstream in Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties.

The development of China's landscape painting has gone through thousands of years, and its origin can be traced back to the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties, when it appeared as the background of figure painting. With the passage of time, landscape painting in Sui and Tang Dynasties gradually matured, and the appearance of masters such as Wang Wei and Li Sixun marked the division between literati painting and meticulous painting. During the Five Dynasties, the same masters as Hao Jing and Guan pushed landscape painting to the peak. They pay attention to sketching, and pursue both similarity and spirit.

Landscape painting reached its peak in the Song Dynasty, and the works of Li Cheng, Fan Kuan and other masters were diverse in style, both exquisite and unrestrained. During the Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties, literati painting gradually became the mainstream, and the works of masters such as Huang and Ni Zan became classics handed down from generation to generation. In this development process, China's landscape paintings are not only exquisite in skills, but also bear profound cultural and philosophical connotations, and become the treasures of China's culture and art.

Characteristics of China's Landscape Paintings

Emphasis on "learning from nature": China's landscape painting takes natural scenery as the object of expression, pays attention to on-the-spot observation and sketching, feels the beauty of nature through close contact with nature, and refines the landscape image in his heart.

Pursuing the interest of pen and ink: the pen and ink techniques of landscape painting are rich and varied, and the form, texture and charm of landscape images are expressed through the changes of pen and ink such as shade, dryness and wetness, lightness and wetness.

Pay attention to composition layout: the composition of landscape painting pays attention to the relationship between primary and secondary, virtual and real, hidden and light, and emphasizes the harmony and unity of the overall structure of the picture.

Expressing emotion and artistic conception: Landscape painting not only depicts natural scenery, but also expresses the painter's inner feelings and thoughts. Through the use of pen and ink and the arrangement of composition, the painter's emotion and artistic conception are expressed.