THAD Chap 31: Song+Yuan Dynasty China 514–518

Map 31.1 East Asia, c. 1000 (in 1127 Song dynasty is reduced to Southern Song area only).

31.1 Attributed to Dong Yuan, Wintry Groves and Layered Banks, Southern Tang dynasty, c. 950. Hanging scroll: ink and color on silk, 5 ft. 11¼ in. × 45⅝ in. (1.81 × 1.16 m). Kurokawa Institute of Ancient Cultures, Hyogo, Japan.

31.3 Fan Kuan, Travelers among Streams and Mountains, Northern Song dynasty, c. 1000. Hanging scroll: ink and colors on silk, 6 ft. 9⅛ in. × 40⅝ in. (2.06 × 1.03 m). National Palace Museum, Taipei.

31.4 Guo Xi, Early Spring, Northern Song dynasty, 1072. Hanging scroll: ink and color on silk, 5 ft. 2¼ in. × 42½ in. (1.58 × 1.08 m). National Palace Museum, Taipei.

31.5 Zhang Zeduan, Peace Reigns along the River (detail), Northern Song dynasty, late eleventh to early twelfth century. Handscroll: ink and color on silk, 9⅞ in. × 17 ft. 4¼ in. (25.1 cm × 5.29 m). Palace Museum, Beijing.

Fig. 31.6 Su Shi, Poems Written on the Cold Food Festival, 1082. [The complete Fig. 31.6 artwork caption is not included in the provided excerpt.]

calligraphy

the art of expressive, decorative, or carefully descriptive hand lettering or handwriting.

hanging scroll

a format of East Asian painting that is typically taller than it is wide; generally, hanging scrolls are displayed temporarily and may be rolled up and stored easily.

illusionism

making objects and space in two dimensions appear real; achieved using such techniques as foreshortening, shading, and perspective.

screen painting

a format of East Asian painting, consisting of one or more panels; functions as a moveable piece of furniture to frame a significant area or subdivide a space.

handscroll

a format of East Asian painting that is much longer than it is high; typically viewed intimately and in sections, as the viewer unrolls it from right to left.

ruled-line painting

paintings that render architecture and other complex, engineered structures with meticulous care, often with the aid of rulers and compasses.

isometric perspective

a system of representing three-dimensional space and objects on a two-dimensional surface in which the angle between any two of the three coordinate axes is approximately 120 degrees; unlike linear perspective, the lines have no vanishing points.

facade

any exterior vertical face of a building, usually the front.

literati painters

educated artists, including scholar-officials, who brought literary values into painting, and pursued abstraction and self-expression in their art.

album leaf

format of two-dimensional artwork, such as painting, calligraphy, or photography, in which individual leaves, or pages, may be bound together like a book to form an album.