Epitome of national disgrace : a painting illuminating Song-Jin diplomatic relations
Narrative images with figures interacting in a landscape typify the earliest phase of Chinese scroll painting. Works in this genre interpret a literary or historical theme through thoughtfully conceived imagery and composition to reveal the artist's or the recipient's perspective on the is...
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| Published in | Metropolitan Museum journal Vol. 45; pp. 55 - 82 |
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| Format | Journal Article |
| Language | English |
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01.01.2010
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| Summary: | Narrative images with figures interacting in a landscape typify the earliest phase of Chinese scroll painting. Works in this genre interpret a literary or historical theme through thoughtfully conceived imagery and composition to reveal the artist's or the recipient's perspective on the issues involved, be they political, philosophical, or moral. A horizontal scroll in the Metropolitan Museum, "A diplomatic mission to the Jin," embodies an advanced stage in the development of Chinese narrative landscape painting, when the dominant palette had changed from the early red and black ("danqing") to blue and green ("qingliu") and the scale and spatial relationship of the motifs had become rationally defined. [Abridged Publication Abstract] |
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| Bibliography: | content type line 23 SourceType-Scholarly Journals-1 |
| ISSN: | 0077-8958 |
| DOI: | 10.1086/met.45.41558052 |