<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="1" >. Lü Ji's "Residual Lotus Eagle Heron Diagram" axis, ink on silk, 190 cm in length and 105.2 cm in width. It is now in the palace museum in Beijing. </h1>
Department: "Lü Ji". Plutonium "Siming Lü Ting ZhenYin" seal.
The picture depicts a thrilling scene in the autumn lotus pond, where goshawks swoop down to fight egrets, and egrets rush into the depths of the reeds, hoping to escape. The birds either fled or cried out in fright. The strong wind blows the remnants of the reeds, adding to the atmosphere of slaughter. The author grasps the natural characteristics of birds and birds, gives a dramatic plot performance, and makes the picture have a gripping appeal. The painter uses freehand brushwork to paint the dead lotus leaves, the effect is realistic, reflecting the superb ink control ability.
About the Author:
Lü Ji (c. 1439–1505): Ming dynasty painter. The word Tingzhen, the number of leyu. A native of Yin (present-day Ningbo, Zhejiang). He was summoned to the palace with a painting, and was placed in the Hall of Renzhi and given the command of the Jinyi Guard. Good at flowers and birds, characters, landscapes, and is famous for flowers and birds. Lü Ji first learned the Bian Jing Zhao Gong brushwork, which was also influenced by Lin Liang's ink painting method, and later imitated the famous relics of the Tang and Song dynasties, so it became a self-contained and unique contemporary. Lü Ji was a representative of the most prestigious court painters and painters of the Academy at that time. Its flower and bird painting style shows two faces, one is heavy color, seiko is rich, more paintings of phoenix cranes, peacocks, Mandarin ducks and the like, supplemented by tree slope stones, beach and spring background, very legal, often vibrant, interesting and vivid; the other is ink freehand, rough brush strokes, concise and unrestrained, the style is close to Lin Liang. He is also good at characters, landscapes, patriarchal Southern Song Dynasty Ma Yuan, Xia Gui painting method, the combination of work and writing, bold axe, pen and ink wielding, condensed summary. His style of painting flowers and birds was very influential inside and outside the court at that time, and there was no shortage of successors. Lü Ji is also good at combining the coloring of the brush and the freehand of ink. His style of painting flowers and birds was very influential inside and outside the court at that time, and there was no shortage of successors, known as the first flower and bird painting in the Ming Dynasty.
Because the appreciation taste of the Hongzhi Emperor Zhu Youfan was different from the appreciation taste of his father, the Chenghua Emperor Zhu Jianshen, Lü Ji changed from ink pale painting to gongbi re-color painting, resulting in his many paintings of phoenix, pheasant, crane, peacock, mandarin duck and the like, mixed with flowers, trees, grasses and stones, with vitality. It is said that Lü Ji often used allegorical techniques to advise the emperor in his paintings, and the emperor knew his intentions and commented on his "work and devotion to art, and Lü Ji had it".
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