1."Centaur Figure".
Longitudinal 503 cm, 36 cm wide, collection of the Palace Museum
"Figures of People and Horses" depicts the scene of the official leading the horse.
The character wears a red robe, wears a hat, has a thick beard and plump cheeks, and has a humble expression. The spotted flower horse behind him is considered to be a "Khotanese horse", fat and strong, with ears like cutting bamboo, which makes the viewer think of its heroic posture.
This picture is painted by Ren Xianzuo, the son of Ren Renfa, a famous painter of horses in the Yuan Dynasty, and the second group of people and horses under the name of Ren Renfa are similar, and the two pictures are mirrored.
The artistic style shown in this picture, as well as its association with Ren Renfa's paintings, make it an important historical source for the study of a pommel horse painting of the Ren family.
2."Spring News Map".
34 cm in length and 223 cm in width1 cm, Collection of the Freer Sackler Museum of Art, USA
The "Spring News Map" depicts the plum blossom, the "messenger of spring" that blooms before the flowers.
In the picture, a thick old plum branch is intercepted, the main trunk is high-spirited and upward, one long and one short two thin branches are pitched upward, stretching naturally, creating a broad pattern on the high and not oversized picture scroll.
The branches of the plum tree take calligraphy brushwork, or round and heavy, or "flying white" vigorous, the rhyme flows, and there is no vitality.
The branches of the plum compete to open, dense and orderly, and the dots are dyed and sprinkled.
This picture is the only painting handed down by Zou Fulei, a Taoist priest in Songjiang in the Yuan Dynasty, the weather is magnificent, the rhyme is unconventional, for thousands of years, it has been constantly transmitting the "spring news" for future generations.
3."Panasonic Writings".
Longitudinal 491 cm 70 wide5 cm, Collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art, USA
"Panasonic Writing Books" is a poetic painting that shows the poetry of Wang Wei, a Tang dynasty man, who "has been writing books for many years behind closed doors, and planting pines and making dragon scales".
In the painting, the green hills stretch out and the ancient pines stand tall and tall. In the Panasonic Painted Water Pavilion, a scholar sits in it, and there are books, bronze goblets and other objects on the table beside him, revealing his identity as a scribe.
This picture appeals to the life aspirations of the hidden forest springs, reflecting the praise of the literati of the Yuan Dynasty for the secluded life.
4."Ink Flower Drawing".
Longitudinal 318 cm wide 1532 cm, Collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art, USA
Ink Flower Picture is painted with lilies, narcissus and peonies, and the three flowers are graceful and colorful.
The lily stem is straight, and the jade petals are fragrant;The flowers and leaves are slightly smudged with light ink, separating the yin and yang to the back, strengthening the three-dimensional feeling;The long leaves of the narcissus are stretched, noble and elegant.
The blades are delicately delineated, smooth and elegant;The peony flowers and leaves are abundant, the wind is beautiful, and the outline and rendering of the dark and light ink colors make it more graceful and generous of "peony is a spring pet, and he once envied the peony".
The brushwork of this picture has the characteristics of meticulous and meticulous flower and bird painting in the Song Dynasty, and the freshness and lightness of replacing color with ink also presents the elegant taste pursued by literati painters in the Yuan Dynasty.
5."Yin Rock Waterfall".
Longitudinal 843 cm wide 366 cm, Collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art, USA
"Yinyan Waterfall" is a work that shows the heroic scene of "flying down 3,000 feet".
In the picture, the mountains are rocky, the ancient trees are strange, and the waterfalls are like white exercises, which are full of wild and magnificent beauty.
This style of painting is obviously influenced by the landscape paintings of Ma Yuan and Xia Qi in the Southern Song Dynasty: the brush and ink are vigorous and powerful, and the overall feeling is cold and sharp.
The momentum of the waterfall in the painting strengthens the sense of dynamism and space in the picture, and at the same time arouses the viewer's association with the sound of the water, mobilizes the sense of hearing, forms a "synaesthesia" effect, and shows the unique Chinese aesthetic spirit.