In its broadest sense this book is about the relationship between topography and the language of visual symbols a painter manipulates, or must invent, to suggest specific places. How do artists communicate identifiable localities in paintings? What meanings are encoded in topographical paintings? What do such pictures tell us about artist, audience, and society? What do these paintings reveal about deeply felt cultural attitudes about place?
This book is also about a central moment in Japanese painting. The middle decades of the eighteenth centruy were a time of enormous creative energy and burgeoning intellectual curiousity. A growing stress on the personality of the artist gave rise to a change in the staus of the painter, who came to be seen as someone whose expereinces were worthy of appreciation. Ike Taiga (1723-76), by virtue of his talent, foreceful personality, and sensitivity to his patrons' tastes, captured the energy and aspirations of his age.
His career is emblematic of the changes in the intellectual order. He began as a humble artisan, producing on demand utilitarian items such as fans, decorated lanterns, seals, underdrawings for woodblocks, and designs for fabrics. At his death, he was one of the most celebrated painters in Japan. Drawn to the study of Chinese culture at an early age, Taiga set out to transform himself into a cultivated man along the lines of the Chines literatus, or wen-jen. In the process, he discovered the mélange of Ming and Ch'ing painting styles transimtted to Japan under the rubric of Chinese scholars' painting. In addition, Taiga devoted himself to the literary pursuits – arts in the Chinese context – of calligraphy, poetry, tea ceremony, herbalism, dance, and antiquarianism. In emulation of the Chinese ideal of seeking knowledge through observation and study of nature, Taiga embarked on many journeys throughout Japan. These trips proved auspicious, for they gave rise to networks of pantronage, helped diffuse the new literati style (called Nanga or Bunjinga) throughout Japan, and yielded the subject matter that was to become the centerpiece of Taiga's art – actual scenery.
1 有用 St. FAITH 2016-05-30 06:18:03
写池大雅的书里面最全面视野最开阔的,从大雅的出生背景,到早年经历、艺术影像、风格形成,与时代背景紧密结合。跳出了所谓日本南画是中国文人画的抄袭这一陈式,提出了除中国明清文人画以外,其他绘画风格对于日本文人画形成的影响。末章对于“真景图”的探讨过分依赖于当时文人画家的画论,强调“表现性”作为文人画的核心和精髓,似乎是受了西方表现主义的影响。
1 有用 St. FAITH 2016-05-30 06:18:03
写池大雅的书里面最全面视野最开阔的,从大雅的出生背景,到早年经历、艺术影像、风格形成,与时代背景紧密结合。跳出了所谓日本南画是中国文人画的抄袭这一陈式,提出了除中国明清文人画以外,其他绘画风格对于日本文人画形成的影响。末章对于“真景图”的探讨过分依赖于当时文人画家的画论,强调“表现性”作为文人画的核心和精髓,似乎是受了西方表现主义的影响。