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Wang Yuanqi and the orthodoxy of self-reflection in early Qing landscape painting.
- Format:
- Book
- Thesis/Dissertation
- Author/Creator:
- Wang, Shen.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Art--History.
- Art.
- History.
- Asia--Research.
- Asia.
- Research.
- Asia--History.
- 0332.
- 0342.
- 0377.
- Penn dissertations--East Asian languages and civilizations.
- East Asian languages and civilizations--Penn dissertations.
- Local Subjects:
- Penn dissertations--East Asian languages and civilizations.
- East Asian languages and civilizations--Penn dissertations.
- 0332.
- 0342.
- 0377.
- Physical Description:
- 365 pages
- Contained In:
- Dissertation Abstracts International 72-05A.
- System Details:
- Mode of access: World Wide Web.
- text file
- Summary:
- This dissertation explores the life and art of Wang Yuanqi (1642-1715), one of the most influential literati artists of the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911). As a representative of the so-called "Orthodox Painting School," Wang considered himself the heir to the genuine thousand-year-old tradition of Chinese painting. Throughout his lifetime, he made every effort to establish and consolidate the authority of his school of painting. Since his early years, he had been trained as a traditional Chinese literatus. Under the direct supervision of his grandfather, he practiced landscape paintings in the style of ancient masters, especially that of the Yuan literati painter, Huang Gongwang (1269-1354). However, he was never satisfied with the facsimiles of the old masterpieces. Beyond his models, he created new theories of composition and brushwork; he introduced a new style of light color landscape with unique techniques. Moreover, benefiting from the lenient cultural policies of the Kangxi emperor (r. 1661-1722), he successfully led a movement of canon-formation in artistic circles.
- The research of this thesis is based on three types of sources: (1) Wang Yuanqi's published writings, (2) his paintings, and (3) publications and manuscripts by Wang's contemporaries. Different from previous scholarship which mainly focuses on the classicism of Wang Yuanqi's work, this dissertation provides a comprehensive study of Wang's life and his circle and investigates the reason and procedure of the rise of the Orthodox Painting School in the early eighteenth century.
- Notes:
- Thesis (Ph.D. in East Asian Languages and Civilizations)-- University of Pennsylvania, 2010.
- Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 72-05, Section: A, page: 1477.
- Adviser: Nancy S. Steinhardt.
- Local Notes:
- School code: 0175.
- ISBN:
- 9781124515687
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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