Fan Kuan, a famous painter of the Northern Song Dynasty, set the color of the "Journey to Xishan Mountain" on silk, which is the most respected of all Fan Kuan's paintings, and has the famous calligrapher Dong Qichang in the late Ming Dynasty write an inscription for it.
In this painting, although the picture is quiet, the chapter is abrupt, and when it enters the eye, it has the potential of a mountain to suppress people, full of courage. Huge mountain peaks occupy a large picture, the mountains are overgrown with weeds, and the waterfalls pour out from the mountains, far away and like a roar in the ears. The middle view of the boulders is long, the water is turbulent, and the temple is hidden in the middle. In the close-up, there is a group of pedestrians, who are struggling to make a move.
The giant peaks of the whole painting stand tall, setting off a deep, quiet atmosphere, and there is an atmosphere of nature.
Fan Kuan's "Journey to Xishan Mountain" is now in the collection of the National Palace Museum in Taipei
"Xishan Travel Map" heavy mountains and peaks, the atmosphere is magnificent, many people look at this painting said that Fan Kuan painting is too quiet and deep, when the use of modern technology, the details are magnified 20 times, found that Fan Kuan painted this painting, from the overall shape to the tiny details are portrayed in detail, after reading each detail, the whole painting is magnificent, not a simple atmosphere, but a vertical and horizontal atmosphere.
When Fan Kuan created this painting, his pen strength was thick, and he used raindrops and ink accumulation methods to shape, the mountain peak shape was spectacular and atmospheric, and the foothills were densely forested, which was known as "painting mountains and painting bones more painting souls".
In order to give people a sense of tranquility and depth, Fan Kuan repeatedly used the center raindrops to shape the texture, the whole painting whether it is a mountain stone shape, or a dense forest weeds, all ink solemn, in order to set off the artistic conception of the painting, many people see that the painting is too quiet and quiet, when the details are enlarged, only to find that the silence is only the surface, the connotation is the original meaning.
"Xishan Travel Map" is partially enlarged
The details of the "Xishan Travel Map" are enlarged
"Xishan Travel Map" comes into view is nothing more than the majestic giant peak, many people are deeply attracted at first glance, the giant peak shape is beautiful and atmospheric, the method of connection is orderly, the white space articulation method perfectly echoes the overall shape, the local ink accumulation method renders, the jungle uses medium ink to point out the details, the shape is beautiful and atmospheric, and the giant peak is complementary to the giant peak, and the giant peak is connected to the waterfall and pours out, which not only opens up the space but also highlights the artistic conception.
The perfect connection between the mountains, in order to reflect the artistic conception and the jungle as the guide, with exquisite painting skills just right to set off the relationship between the near and far, let people look as if they are in it, the law of calm and calm, without a trace of hesitation, and the overall mountain shape is just the right connection to highlight the sense of beauty, even the tiniest details are used in the method, in order to more reflect the visual sense of the giant peak, there is a lot of white space in the painting, and the atmosphere of the total vertical and horizontal is hidden in the silence.
Painting the mountain painting bone is more painting the soul, seemingly beautiful mountain peaks, after partial enlargement, it is found that not only the surface is painted so simple, every detail of which is carefully drawn, the mountain peak picture gives people a quiet and deep, when magnified 20 times, only to find that it is the atmosphere of vertical and horizontal.
The most atmospheric of the "Xishan Travel Map" is the huge peak of the oppressive force, but the travel map? Why isn't the topic there? In fact, Fan Kuan in the whole painting does not have such a magnificent explanation as the mountain shape, but in the mountains and jungles, he uses a very small brush and ink to draw the donkey driving the goods and the figure driving the donkey with the goods, many people see it after magnifying 20 times, and they all joke: "If you don't use a magnifying glass, you only think that there is a mountain, there is no travel."
From the whole painting to see Fan Kuan's "Xishan Travel Map" is not only quiet and deep, the majestic shape of the atmosphere adds quiet and deep, the huge mountain peak occupies a large picture, the mountain head is overgrown, the waterfall pours out from the mountain, the distance is far and like a roar in the ear, so that people are in the painting, unable to extricate themselves.
The "Map of The Journey of Xishan" was included in the court in the Ming Dynasty, and later flowed into the folk, and was obtained by the calligrapher Dong Qichang, who inscribed after viewing it: "Northern Song Dynasty Fan Neutral Xishan Travel Map". Li Lincan, former director of the Palace Museum, found the word "Fan Kuan" in the shade of the tree in the lower right corner, and it was determined that Fan Kuan was the real handwriting.