In Suzhou, there are two historical celebrities surnamed Shen who are very out, and they both live in the Ming Dynasty, but their different life pursuits and different life states also show different destinies, of course, their stories are also worthy of being talked about by future generations.
One is Shen Wansan, I believe that many people are very familiar with him, he is rich and rivals the country, but this also shocked the sensitive nerves of Zhu Yuanzhang, the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, and his fate in the end can be described as tragic.
The other is Shen Zhou, he is a great talent, whether poetry, calligraphy and painting are the coquettish people at that time, at the age of 15 because of the name of the poem by the world's attention, but he gave up any attempt to be an official, even if he was recommended, was called, but still did not change his attitude, he lived a life of seclusion.
But he is still because of his calligraphy and painting to pass on to future generations, he and Wen Zhengming, Tang Yin, Qiu Ying and called the "Ming Four Families", Shen Zhou is the first of the "Ming Four Families", and his calligraphy and painting have also had a certain influence on the other three.
So for such a famous master of painting and calligraphy in Chinese history, of course, we need to know more about him. Therefore, there is also the art freelance creator Jin Zhewei, through Shen Zhou's later years to review his life to create the "Lying Tour Atlas", with the help of such an album of only 17 paintings that have been circulated in the world, and then with the author's "memory frame extraction" borrowed from the video clips, from a series of paintings in other periods of Shen Zhou's life, to build a complete construction of Shen Zhou's life and artistic development path for us.
Therefore, when we open this book, the first thing it brings us is that it is a popular science work on the art history of ancient Chinese painting and calligraphy. Because it contains a large number of paintings by Shen Zhou, as well as works by more famous artists about ancient history extended from his paintings, we can enjoy a large number of well-known works of art from them, which meets our needs for artistic cognition.
On the other hand, this book of course focuses more on Shen Zhou himself, and the author classifies the works according to Shen Zhou's "Lying Tour Atlas", which connects his life for us. These paintings by the author seem to be simple landscape paintings, but in fact, they all have connotations, which can show the author's life thoughts from these connotations, and of course, can take us to a complete insight into the whole picture of an ancient artist's thoughts.
For example, the first part of "Xiaoxuan Four Seasons" takes us closer to the description of the details of Shen Zhou's life, how he spent his whole life, and also let us feel the details of his relationship with more friends, and complete a detailed understanding of Shen Zhou's life status.
In the second part, "The Cowherd Says", it takes us into Shen Zhou's attitude towards seclusion. After all, "grazing" has had a unique charm since ancient times, so in this part, we can see Shen Zhou's various stories of refusing to be an official, and also let us realize Shen Zhou's cognition of rivers and lakes and temples.
In fact, the other chapters also present us with more content of Shen Zhou's life and artistic creation from different aspects, taking us to complete a comprehensive and detailed understanding of him, such as his love for each other, unforgettable travel, and his tears of joy and heartache.
Then let's appreciate Shen Zhou's life, understand his life, and feel the complete life course of an ancient Chinese scholar through the "atlas" of Shen Zhou's life combed by a well-known art writer. #沈周##书画##书画欣赏#