The Art of Chinese Flower and Bird Paitings
This genre of art originated from a remote past.The patterns of flowers and birds on the
primitive coloured potteries,the like designs on the bronze vessels,the phoenixes in the
paintings on silk of the Warring States Period,and the roseflinches in the same ones of
the Western Han Dynasty--all these constituted the images of flowers and birds,which were
characterized by ancient plainness and simplicity,yet adorned with bright colours.
But this genre of art did not become an entirely separate one on its own merit until the
mid- and late- Tang Dynasty.Such artists as Bian Luan,Xue Ji and Diao Guangyin had played
a decisive role in contributing to the independence of this genre.
Huang Quan under the Xishu dynastic rule and Xu Xi under the Nantang dynastic rule during
the Five Dynasties period both added shine to the flower-and-bird paintings with the
styles of their own.The Northern Song Dynasty's artists Zhao Chang and Yi Yuanju instilled
vitality into the,and then Cui Bai and Wu Yuanyu endowed the already full-grown and mellow
genre of art with still greater charm through their artistic conceptions,which spelled out
vivacity,succinctness and profundity.The images they created on white silk could well be
mistaken as real flowers and birds.By this time,the techniques of true-to-reality
depiction can be said to have reached the peak of perfection.
Then,Zhang Zhong in the Yuan Dynasty put out the pioneering feat of outlining the flowers
and dotting the leaves,which was a real eye-opener to people.Thereafter,Xu Wei's ink
splashes,Bada Shanren reduced strokes,and the skills of Yun Shouping,Wang Wu,Hua Yan,Li
Shan,Ren Yi and Wu Changshuo,each with his own special style,helped shape up the situation
of "a hundred flower bloom"that would compose a flourishing scene all along
without any sign of fading.
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