The ancient literati advocated elegant life, whether it was poetry, wine, tea, talk or travel, they all cared about the harmony and unity of "things and hearts", and they longed to "go out of the city and enjoy the joy of the mountains and forests;".Don't go down to the feast, sit in the seclusion of the poor spring", so painstakingly created a breathtaking garden art.
Classical Chinese gardens contain the artistic conception of "things and hearts", contain profound philosophical and aesthetic thoughts, and are the ideal abode of ancient literati. How to transcend the limitations of time and space and get a glimpse of Chinese classical gardens in different historical periods and regions?
Hosted by the Liaoning Provincial Public Cultural Service Center and undertaken by the Liaoning Provincial Museum and the Beijing Academy of Fine Arts, the exhibition "Human Environment: The Elegance of Ancient Literati in the Garden" is like a key to open the door of time and space, bringing endless possibilities and surprises to cultural lovers. Focusing on the theme of "Garden", the exhibition brings together more than 70 important collections of nine well-known domestic cultural and museum institutions, including Liaoning Provincial Museum, Palace Museum, Nanjing Museum, Zhejiang Provincial Museum, Tianjin Museum, Jilin Provincial Museum, Suzhou Museum, Zhenjiang Museum and Lushun Museum, of which more than half of the exhibits are national first-class cultural relicsThe exhibition has received countless affirmations from professional scholars and praise from the audience, and it is still unsatisfying.
The exhibition period has passed, in order to give more cultural and museum lovers the opportunity to enter the poetic habitat of the ancient literati hidden behind the art, the Liaoning Provincial Museum once again joined hands with Liaoning Fine Arts Publishing House to create the exhibition of the same name** - Human Environment: The Garden Elegance of Ancient Literati. It is not only a first-class exhibition documentary, but also a rare masterpiece to explore classical art. It is about the spiritual world of ancient Chinese literati and connects to the profound space of oriental aesthetics.
Focus on the gardens in the ancient paintings of the Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties
Appreciate the elegance of the ancient literati's pen and ink
More than 200 high-definition pictures of famous artists were brilliantly unveiled.
In "Human Environment", the reader seems to be in the garden in the painting, which is full of ink and fragrance, and connects with the ancient literati. Here, you can see the works of Ma Yuan, Xu Yugong, Wang Fu, Shen Zhou, Zhou Chen, Wen Zhengming, Xia Chang, Tang Yin, Gong Xian, Xie Shichen, Wang Jian and other ancient painters, and you can also encounter the masterpieces created by painters who are good at expressing garden scenery.
Human environment The elegance of the garden of the ancient literati
Published |Publisher: Liaoning Fine Arts Publishing House.
Author: Liaoning Provincial Museum;Liu Yun is the editor-in-chief.
Size: 16 pages.
Sheet: 17875
Word count: 200 thousand words.
ISBN 978-7-5314-9409-6
Price: 32800 yuan.
Limited Time Special Rate:260.00 yuan.
"The Cup Under the Moon" is Ma Yuan's hand-me-down masterpiece, although it is only an album, but the painting is "small in the big", the composition seems to be flat, but in fact it is "dangerous in the peace". The scenery and figures in the picture are placed in the lower part of the painting, and only a bright moon hanging high in the sky fills the upper part of the painting, which not only expresses the emptiness of heaven and earth, but also points to the purpose of the painting. The hillside, several cases, and railings are arranged in the corners of the picture, successfully creating a sense of depth in the painted environment.
Under the moon put the cup map" Ma Yuan.
Xu Yugong's lone book "Plum and Bamboo in the Snow" depicts an old plum, leaning horizontally from left to right, and the gesture is vigorous, showing the meaning of "snow but losing plum fragrance". The plum branches are strong, and the plum blossoms on the branches quietly bloom in the snow, showing the quality of tenacity and unyielding. The three-pole bamboo is interspersed between the plum branches, and the vertical trend breaks through the horizontal composition of the scroll, adding a sense of towering.
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Plum and bamboo in the snow" Xu Yugong.
Wei Yuan Yaji is a representative work of the transition stage of Shen Zhou's painting style from fine to cangjian in the middle age of the Zhou Dynasty, depicting towering mountain peaks, pine trees in the mountains, and thin clouds covering the fog. At the foot of the mountain, four people sat in the thatched pavilion by the stream, the scholar stood sideways with the qin, and an old man came with a cane. Up and down the mountain, the grass and trees are lush, dyed and dyed, and the brushwork is strong. There are six inscriptions in the heart of the painting and the painter, all of whom are celebrities for a while, singing and flourishing, and poems, books and paintings are melted into one furnace.
Wei Yuan Yaji Map" Shen Zhou.
"Chunquan Xiaoyin Tu" is an "alias map" made by Zhou Chen for a literati surnamed "Pei" with the name "Chunquan". At the beginning of the scroll is a rocky boulder, with thick shade of trees and branches. There are several rafters of thatched huts under the trees, and the halls are open. The furnishings in the hall are simple, and Pei Chunquan is resting at the desk. In the courtyard, the sweeping boy stopped and looked back, as if he was afraid to disturb his master. Go left along the scroll, but see the mud wall firewood, the door is half-open. There is a plate bridge outside the door, which leads directly to the opposite bank. The spring water is murmuring under the bridge, the green mountains in the distance, the flat lake is endless, and the scenery of spring is clear and peaceful.
Spring Spring Small Hidden Picture (detail) Zhou Chen.
Xie Shichen's "Du Ling's Poetic Intent" is cleverly conceived, and in the blending of scenes, it can be described as "poetry and painting", which is admirable. In the album, each picture is based on Du Fu's poetry, and each title is Du Fu's five-character poem and two sentences. The picture is dense and magnificent, and although the figures in the painting are small, they have clear outlines and are ancient and elegant. Between the sizes, the grass and trees are graceful or graceful, or the flowers are beautiful, and the state of Shaohua and the wonder of the style are exhausted.
Du Ling's Poetry Intent" Xie Shichen.
Tang Yin's "Wuyangzi Nourishment Map" has a sparse and dense setting, and the scene painted is elegant and far-reaching. I saw an old man wearing a square scarf and a wide robe sitting on top of the **, looking at the sky from afar, with a pleasant expression. There is nothing on the inner wall of the house, only a bookcase, an incense burner and study utensils, indicating the identity and interest of the owner. The courtyard is full of acacia and sycamore, facing the door and looking at the stream, and the water and the sky are connected.
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Wuyangzi Nourishment Diagram Tang Yin.
Wen Zhengming's "Peach Spring" relies on Tao Yuanming's "The Story of the Peach Blossom Spring" to depict the mountains surrounded by mountains, the gurgling streams, the peach blossoms sandwich the bank, and the caves through the cliffs and caves will suddenly open up, entering the peach paradise, full of pastoral order, farmers are happy to plough the scene. This picture is numerous, magnificent, elegant and neatly colored, and it is a meticulous work of Wen's later years.
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Picture of Taoyuan (detail) Wen Zhengming.
The peaks and stones are jagged, pink and willow green
Small bridges and flowing water, pavilions and pavilions
The pitching is natural, and the idleness is poetic
The structure of the book "Human Environment: The Garden Elegance of Ancient Literati" is basically the same as that of the exhibition. The book is divided into five parts, the first four parts and the four major sections of the exhibition, namely "The Heart of the Forest Spring", "Yayou Suiyi", "The World in the Pot", and "Poetry and Painting Reflection". More than 70 exquisite ancient paintings are presented in the first four parts of the book according to their respective themes and connotations.
The heart of Lin Quan - self-satisfied and elegant, the pursuit of the tranquility of the heart
The literati who have always upheld nobility and sought elegance have been accompanied by forests and friends with springs. They aspire to construct a pure land of their inner world in the garden, and the garden has thus become the most intuitive and emotional place to reflect their yearning for nature. "The Heart of the Forest" uses two units, "Heart Traces" and "Heart Physiognomy", to show the ancient Chinese literati talking between "things" and "hearts" in the garden.
Liaoning Provincial Museum of the Southern Song Dynasty Liu Songnian's "Autumn Window Reading Easy Map", the picture depicts ancient pines towering to the sky, frost leaves like flowers, the autumn river is quiet, the distant mountains are vast, there are Coats in the mountains and rivers in the scenery to settle down, and the water reads "Yi", creating a space atmosphere between the virtual and the real. In Zhao Daheng's "Wei Pavilion Rest Map", I saw the crape myrtle trees in the courtyard at the foot of the mountain peakIn the gazebo, the owner rests. The whole picture seems to depict a quiet and comfortable afternoon. The Nanjing Museum has Shen Zhou's "Dongzhuang Map", the whole volume is quaint and faint, without any wealth and fat powder, everything in the painting is serene, quiet and natural, vividly showing the poetic life of the ancient literati. The Song people's "Jade House Spring Reflection Map", the Yuan people's "Zhuxi Thatched Cottage Map", etc., all have this meaning.
Autumn Window Reading Easy Map" Liu Songnian.
Jade House Spring Reflection Map".
Yayou is suitable - social travel, greedy for the joy of small gatherings
The garden was a place where the ancient literati lived and lived, and it was also a space for their social interaction. They often enjoy the moon in the garden, play games, sing poems and wine, and entertain calligraphy and painting. In the part of "Elegance and Travel", through the three units of "Elegance", "Xingle" and "Boudoir Fun", the social state of the ancient literati with silk and bamboo orchestras, singing and laughing is reproduced.
Liaoning Provincial Museum collects the Song people's "Huichang Nine Old Pictures", painting garden scenery, white depiction of characters, gathering around the case in the hall, reading and commenting on paintings. On the river, a boat travels slowly, and the two people in the boat are concentrating on each other. Outside the courtyard on the left bank, the three people gathered very happily, and one of them wore peonies on their heads. The treasure of Zhenjiang Museum, Xie Huan's "Apricot Garden Elegant Collection" is a portrait of the "Elegant Collection", which outlines the scene of the ancient literati gathering under the apricot tree with vivid and delicate brushstrokes, showing the spiritual realm of the blending of the owner and nature. The Tianjin Museum has the Song people's "Picture of Watching Flowers with Hands", which uses a woman's retrospective eyes to connect the mirror platform and the peony, creating an artistic conception of "the peony on the human face reflects the red". In addition, in the "Elegance and Travel" section, Shen Zhou's "Appreciation of Bun Ju", "Wei Yuan Yaji", Shen Zhen's "Bamboo Furnace Mountain House", and Shang Rui's "Visiting Friends with the Piano" are also masterpieces not to be missed.
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Huichang Nine Old Pictures (detail).
Apricot Garden Elegant Collection (detail) Xie Huan.
Picture of the Flower Viewing in the Hands
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Appreciation of the pot chrysanthemum" Shen Zhou.
Bamboo furnace mountain house map" Shen Zhen.
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Visiting Friends with the Piano" Shangrui.
Heaven and earth in the pot - the same view of things and me, the externalization of the spirit of the owner
The garden is a miniature world, and the classical Chinese garden places forests, springs, hills, pavilions and pavilions in it, presenting a kind of microscopic and macroscopic contrasting relationship, implying the subtle worldview of ancient literati and doctors. The gardener either creates a garden through fresh and flexible life, or through plants with long meanings, reflecting the "flowers and birds have spirits" and endows the garden with humanistic feelings. In the part of "Heaven and Earth in the Pot", two units of "Spirit" and "Gentleman" show that the ancient literati used mountain stones, bamboo bushes, potted plants, pond fish, rare birds and other things in the garden to externalize the spiritual world of the gardener.
The most abundant animal in the gardens of the ancient literati was the fish. Swimming fish symbolizes the natural state of freedom and unfettered, and it is also a metaphor for the attitude of life that is indifferent to fame and fortune and returns to nature. The Jilin Provincial Museum has Yun Shouping's "Fish Algae Map", which paints 28 water chestnut leaves, aquatic plants, algae and large and small fish in the boneless method, implying the painter's life perception. Orchid, known for its elegance and fragrance, is known as "the gentleman in the flower". Bamboo, with straight branches, evergreen all year round. There is bamboo in the house, and the garden is full of pure air. The Liaoning Provincial Museum's Tibetan inscription "Yilan Bamboo and Stone Map" uses ink painting orchids, lined with green bamboo, thorns, turquoise stones, and flowing water. Tianjin Museum's collection of Xia Chang's "Qi Ao Breeze Map" depicts a vast water surface, vast and immense, from which the gravel reeds and grass are exposed, and the green bamboos are clustered on the slopes, and the branches and leaves are swaying with the wind. Both symbolize the noble sentiments of the painter.
Fish algae diagram Yun Shouping.
Poetry and painting reflect the scenery - the double integration of art and environment, the crystallization of the wisdom of the ancients
There are paintings in poems, and paintings are poems. The elements that shape the garden come from the ideal fairyland of the literary world and the beautiful scenery of the real world. The ancient literati appreciated the scenery of the garden in the context of "the integration of poetry and painting", and also took the garden scenery as the source of poetry and painting. The "Poetry and Painting Reflections" section uses two units, "Dreams" and "Eyes", to show how ancient literati were able to navigate between reality and imagery, poetry and painting, and reality and illusion.
Lushun Museum has Lu Huancheng's "Spring Night Banquet Peach and Plum Garden", which is based on Li Bai's "Spring Night Banquet Peach and Plum Garden Preface". The painter combined figure painting with green landscapes, starting from the atmosphere, and depicted the scene at the beginning of the night banquet, which is very romantic and poetic. In the Suzhou Museum's Tibetan Wen Boren's "Stone Lake Thatched Cottage", the painter paints with the scenery of his hometown, which not only conveys the sincere feelings of his friends to recall his ancestors, but also carries the painter's nostalgia for his hometown. The two are combined, and the meaning is full. The Zhejiang Provincial Museum's collection of "Xishan Refreshing Map" is a long scroll painted by Zhang Hong in his later years, which realistically depicts the natural scenery of Xishan in Suzhou in the Ming Dynasty in summer. Zhang Yin's "The Third Picture of Linton's New Residence" depicts the scene of the private garden in the south of the Yangtze River covered by the curved corridors, the green tung trees are high, the plum bamboo is dense, and the pavilions and pavilions loom in it.
Spring Night Banquet Peach and Plum Garden" Lu Huancheng.
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Picture of the thatched cottage of Shihu Wen Boren.
Xishan refreshing air map (detail) Zhang Hong.
The third picture of Linton's new home" Zhang Yin.
Clean yourself, long things as a companion
Literati interest, elegant life
There are hills and ravines in the chest, and there are scenery in and out
It is worth mentioning that the first four parts of the book include more than 200 high-definition large pictures, so that readers can not only appreciate the style of the original work from a macro perspective, but also appreciate the beauty of the details of the ancient paintings up close.
Do you want to explore more about the gardens in ancient paintings?
This book is sure to meet your expectations!
Each work included in The Human Environment: The Garden Elegance of Ancient Literati is accompanied by a detailed and readable analytical text written by experts, which includes not only a vivid description of the picture, but also an in-depth interpretation of the author's life, creative background, connotation and artistic value. The scene in the painting may not be the real scene seen by the painter, but they may use allusion into the painting, poetry into the painting, and affection into the painting......You might as well follow experts and scholars to get a glimpse of the hearts of the ancients!
The fifth part of the book is a special article, where readers can see Mr. Yin Jinan's new interpretation of "Xinglin Yaji Tu", curatorial notes written by experts from Liaobo, and relevant research results on exhibits in Liaoning Provincial Museum.
A journey of exploration into classical Chinese gardens
A work of ingenuity that pays tribute to the art of Chinese literati
Human Environment: The Garden Elegance of the Ancient Literati" is like a beautifully designed work of art. The whole book is a hardcover retro left flipbook, which perfectly fits the theme of ancient garden paintings. The 180-degree reading provides readers with a convenient, comfortable and coherent reading experience.
In order to better echo the theme and create a rich classical atmosphere, the designer chose stone turquoise green, which is often used to depict natural scenery in traditional Chinese colors, as the main color. Hard-sealed wrapping to make it more textured, while maximizing the "lifespan" of the book to meet the collection needs of some readers. A small piece of ancient painting is pasted on the hard seal and covered with a texture tactile film. Turning open the hard seal, it can be seen that the ancient painting has extended to the inside, up to the inner spine. The exterior and interior of the book form a harmonious and unified whole, which will undoubtedly bring a continuous and flowing visual enjoyment to the reader.
The white design of the inner cover is designed to help readers eliminate visual distractions and quickly enter a tranquil classical environment. At the same time, white symbolizes the beauty of white space in classical Chinese art, giving people a sense of freshness and purity. The title of the book and the name of the author are hot and white, which improves the quality of the book.
The text is made of special paper with high color reproduction, four-color printing, and each page is full of color and perfectly presents the details of ancient paintings. There are also more than a dozen beautiful pull-out pages in the book, so that readers can get a collectible visual experience.
One step at a time, one window for a better view
One page and one garden into the best place
The designer added a unique "small page" to the chapter page. This kind of inspiration is based on the common "peeping scene" technique in classical Chinese gardens. In classical Chinese gardens, specific scenery and scenery are often presented to the viewer through the construction of small windows, small holes and other openings, so as to arouse the reverie of the viewer and create a mysterious and poetic atmosphere.
The design of "small pages" simulates the effect of this "peeping scene". Readers can open each "small page" and see the "small garden scene" of "Yinyin". A small special-shaped window can be faintly seen above the small scene. Turn another page, and sure enough, a small window really comes into view!There is a text by the window to remind the reader of the main idea of the chapter. Such a design not only increases the interest and expectation of reading, but also coincides with the spirit of discovery and exploration in classical Chinese garden art.
The design of "small pages", "small windows" and "small scenes" actually emphasizes the attention and attention to detail in the process of appreciating ancient paintings. Only by careful observation and focused perception can we truly appreciate the elegance of the ancient literati. The designer hopes that through this design, readers can deeply experience the charm of classical garden art in a "hands-on" way.
If you don't go to the garden, how can you know that spring is like a promise?
Human environment The elegance of the garden of the ancient literati
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Human environment The elegance of the garden of the ancient literati
Published |Publisher: Liaoning Fine Arts Publishing House.
Author: Liaoning Provincial Museum;Liu Yun is the editor-in-chief.
Size: 16 pages.
Sheet: 17875
Word count: 200 thousand words.
ISBN 978-7-5314-9409-6
Price: 32800 yuan.
Limited Time Special Rate:260.00 yuan.