At the same time as Wu Daozi, li Sixun also had a very different style. Emperor Xuanzong once said: "Li Sixun's achievements for several months, Wu Daozi's one-day traces, are all extremely wonderful." "The Record of The Clouds and Smoke Passing through the Eyes" also yun:
Li Sixun Creek Mountain, full of small scenes, very strange.
Si Xun inherits the tradition of Sui Zhan Zi Qian. "Painting Book" Yun: Si Xun father and son, learned from Zhan Zi Qian, the character depiction is very fine, with color halo, Zi Qian shi Tang painting ancestor.
【Tang】Li Sixun (biography) "Jiang Fan Lou Pavilion Diagram" (Song facsimile)
Si Xun was good at the clan room, and when the Tianwu Revolution was born, he abandoned the official and went into hiding. and the Restoration of the Zhongzong Society, and then the Byzantine Order. At the beginning of the New Century, he was enfeoffed as the Duke of Pengguo by the general Zuo Wuwei and later called "General Li".
In the Kaiyuan era, when Japan wrote the "Pension Law", between the construction of the Big Buddha of Todaiji Temple. The characteristics of Shu Si Xun painting, the "Record of Famous Paintings of Past Dynasties" is the most detailed, and its words are cloudy:
Early to be known as art at that time, a family of five people, and good Danqing... Painting and calligraphy are called the magic of the moment... His paintings of landscapes, trees and stones, vigorous brushwork, turbulent water, clouds and mist, see the things of the gods and immortals, and the shadow of the rocky mountains!
【Tang】Li Sixun (biography) "Ninety Percent Summer Escape Map"
In the painting of Gai Sixun, there are two things that should be paid attention to. One of the fine paintings is also " full of small scenes " , and the technique is also fine. "Painting History Will Want" Yun: "Li Sixun used Jin Bihui as a family method, and the colored landscapes painted by posterity were often zongzhi. "The noble general of the husband, and the golden and green glow of the delicate "high character" reflecting the landscape is something that can be paid attention to. In Tianbao, Emperor Xuanzong ordered him to paint a mask in the Datong Hall, and then he said, "Smell the sound of water at night." ("Catalogue of Famous Paintings of the Tang Dynasty") can be known as the fine golden and green paintings, and the ones who are not low.
A family of five people: Si Xun and Brother Si Jie, Si Xun Zi Zhao Dao, Si Zi Lin Fu, Lin Fu Nephew. And Zhaodao Keshao's father's business, with his father known as "General Da Li" and "General Xiao Li". "Tang Dynasty Famous Paintings" Yun: Zhaodao landscape birds and beasts are many, clever and wise.
【Tang】Li Zhaodao (biography) "Dragon Boat Racing Diagram" (Song facsimile)
The li family's technique, the author of the axe splitting. The surface of the rock mass depicted in the mountain is known as an axe split, so it is called axe splitting. There are three kinds of axe splitting, large and long, and the small axe is used for meditation. "Painting The Beginning of the Matter" Cloud: Save points for wrinkles, the head is heavy and the tail is light, and the shape is like a nail head.
【Tang】Li Zhaodao (biography) "Ming Emperor Xingshu Tu" (Song facsimile)
There are three major axes: one axe splitting system, two rain points, and three hemp series. The development of three for two can be represented by Dong Yuan of this era. Therefore, in the Tang Dynasty, only two of them existed, axe splitting and raindrops were also. The line is Wu Daozi as the representative of the Tang Dynasty, Li Sixun represents the axe split, and Wang Wei represents the raindrop, which is of great significance.
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