222lst16

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ARH 222
Art of China
Identification List: 16
Northern Sung [Song] (cont.)
I.
Ts’ui Po [Cui Bo], “Magpies and Hare”, dated 1061, hanging scroll, ink and
colors on silk (H. 76”), Palace Museum
II.
Mi Fei (or Mi Fu), “Pines and Mountains in Spring,” late 11th century, hanging
scroll, ink and colors on paper (13 x 17 in), Palace Museum
III.
Emperor Hui-tsung [Huizong] (1101-1125), “A Literary Gathering,” hanging
scroll, ink and colors on silk (H. 73 in.), Palace Museum
IV.
Emperor Hui-tsung [Huizong] (1101-1125), “Five Colored Parakeet”, handscroll,
colors on silk, MFA, Boston
V.
Li T’ang [Li Tang], “Whispering Pines in the Mountains, dated 1124, hanging
scroll (H. 75 in.), ink and colors on silk, Palace Museum
Names and Terms
Literati: a group of Confucian intellectuals who espoused a new approach to painting –
as a subjective expression of the individual artist.
Emperor Hui-tsung: the last emperor of the Northern Sung
Axe-cut stroke: the particular slanted stroke used by Li-T’ang (it has the appearance of
the surface of wood cut by an axe)
Acdemic school: painting fostered by the imperial court – as distinct of the painting of
the literati.
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