This group of works is the work of shao mi, a painter in the late Ming and early Qing dynasties, who imitates the works of ancient masters and depicts the boundlessness of the country and mountains on a piece of paper within easy reach. The highlight of this group of works is the combination of calligraphy and painting, and each frame of the work has a famous calligraphy interpretation of the picture content. Objectively speaking, the calligraphy masters Jin Junming, Zhou Fan, Gu Ling and others are more famous than Shao Mi. The literati's taste is vividly interpreted in this group of works, showing the literati's aesthetic taste.
The aesthetic taste of the literati can also be called the aesthetic mentality of the literati. To understand this mentality, we must also start with literati painting. Literati painting refers to the paintings of literati doctors, emphasizing spirituality and heavy pen and ink interest. That is to say, literati painting emphasizes Shen Yun, and as for what is Shen Yun, it is more like a feeling.
A feeling is difficult to express clearly, and it is even more difficult to describe it in words. Fortunately, the painter can express this feeling through his works, and Shao Mi's creation of "Antique Landscape" is based on this purpose. Shao Mi's cleverness lies in the fact that he knows that technique is the basic skill, and without the basic skill, he cannot express his interest. So he selected the works of the top masters of the Song and Yuan dynasties to study.
He studied the painting styles of Dong Yuan, Li Cheng, Zhao Lingyong, Ni Zhan and others to express his understanding of the god-like expression. God-like, need to grasp the features, without the features there is no recognition, there is no style. Shao Mi uses solid techniques to express the bright and elegant, qingyuan and quiet landscapes, forming an elegant painting style. His paintings have a strong literary flavor and have distinct personal characteristics. He gave the literati a popular side of aesthetic taste, so that elegance is no longer unattainable.
The name of this frame album is "Shenqing", and if you taste it, you will know what an appropriate name it is. It seems bland, but in fact it is full of tension, and the painting shows a sycamore, a few new poles, and a mountain stone. The plane tree is soft and rigid, the new basket is flexible and windward, and the stone blocks are dry and light ink. After these details are combined in one place, it feels like there is a breath of freshness in the painting.
No desire, no desire, no tranquility, no super strong technique, can not show this charm. Some people mistakenly believe that literati painting is just playing with skills, and there is no real kung fu. In fact, after reading this work, I know that there is no technique to express the charm. There is also corroboration in the painting, this is Wang Yi's collection, Shao Mi read it and remembered it, copying the collection.
Shao Mi likes to paint waterfront streamheads, distant Green Mountains, and Zhao Lingyong's works must of course be copied. The beautiful colors became a favorite feature of the literati painters of the Song Dynasty. Literati painting originated in the Tang Dynasty and flourished during the Song and Yuan dynasties, and elegance became an important feature of literati painting. Shao Mi expresses the elegance in his chest, integrates poetry and painting, and visualizes the taste of the literati.
There is a view that literati painting is the painting of scholars, and scholars do not have to seek work. After reading Shao Mi's works, we know that literati paintings are not explained in one or two sentences, and anyone who tries to summarize simply will be partial and complete.
Since we can't generalize, let's combine Shao Mi's works and talk about some of the characteristics of Wenren's paintings. Literati painting emphasizes artistic conception, and painters need to have profound cultural accomplishment. Literati painting emphasizes interest, and requires the painter to have a very high skill to express it freely. The literati painting is frank and free temperament, which requires the painter to have no desire for profit. Literati painting emphasizes beauty, which is the beauty of nature, not the artificial beauty of carving...
Shao Mi has a sincere heart, and he can maintain inner peace in the face of creation, so he paints the atmosphere of a literati. By depicting natural mountains and forests, he seeks the meaning of life and shows the breadth of his heart.