Representative figures and works of Chinese painting

1. Gu Kaizhi: The most outstanding painter in early China, whose representative works include Luo Shen, A Historical Map of Women, etc. Although the works of these two works are unknown, the research data after textual research confirms that they are Gu Kaizhi's works.

Gu Kaizhi's painting style is to outline characters with lines.

2. Yan: The representative works include The Map of Twenty-four Heroes in Lingyange, The Book Map of the Northern Qi School, The Travel Map, The Map of Emperors in Past Dynasties, etc. Some of these works are collected by the Boston Museum and some by the Palace Museum.

Yan is also a master of thread use, and is known as "exquisite meticulous brushwork".

3. Zhang Sengyou: As the original works are hard to find, the works of Zhang Sengyou, a painter in the Liang Dynasty, have not been confirmed so far. The True Shape of Five Stars and Twenty-eight Hostels and the King of the North in Khotan are inferred to have the characteristics of Zhang Sengyou's works.

Zhang Sengyou used the "concave-convex method" in figure painting with Buddhist theme, which mainly used pigments to create the illusion of light and shadow and shape the three-dimensional sense of figures.

Wu Daozi: Wu Daozi's original works are hard to find, leaving only a few rubbings of stone carvings that are said to be his works.

Wu Daozi's line thickness has changed, while most of Gu Kaizhi's and Yan's lines have not changed much. Wu Daozi's ghost paintings are lifelike.

Verb (abbreviation of verb) Zhang Xuan: a famous court painter, whose masterpiece is "The Lady of the State of Guo You Chun Tu".

Natalie is good at expressing the charm of characters through their gestures.

Zhou Fang: Zhou Fang's work style is modeled after Natalie's. In addition to the pictures of ladies, he is also good at paintings with the theme of Buddha. His works have been handed down. The representative works include the picture of a lady wearing a flower, the picture of a lady waving a fan, the picture of playing the piano and sipping tea, and the picture of a girl in Feiyang Xueyi.

Gu: A famous painter in the Southern Tang Dynasty, whose masterpiece is Han Xizai's Night Banquet.

8. Li: "The first person whose theme of ancient figure painting in China has undergone major changes." His masterpiece Five Horses.

This book gives a comprehensive introduction to Li's painting style. First of all, Li made a profound breakthrough in the creation of the Buddha theme. He tried to China the images of some Zen masters and create more gentle and introspective figures. Secondly, Li has also made a breakthrough in technology, and his line quality is more tough and powerful. Through the use of "line drawing", the characters in the painting are more vivid.

Dye: a figure who is good at painting Buddhist themes. His masterpiece is Li Baixing's "Sound Picture". His works are bold and freehand, with broad brushwork.

X. Qian Xuan: The figure painting developed from different dynasties to the Yuan Dynasty, and representative painters such as Qian Xuan and Zhao Mengfu appeared. Qian Xuan's masterpiece is Yang Fei Mounting. Compared with the works of past dynasties, their works add some political connotations, and express their feelings or dissatisfaction through their works.