Detail View: National Palace English: Magpies and Hare
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Work ID:
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M01E00102
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Title:
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Magpies and Hare
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Creation Date:
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Song Dynasty
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Start Year Date:
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A.D.960
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End Year Date:
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A.D.1279
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Dynasty:
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39 Song Dynasty (A.D. 960~1279)
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Creator:
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Cui Bai
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Creation Place:
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China
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Measurements:
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193.7 x 103.4 cm
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Material:
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Ink and color on silk
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Form:
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Li-zhou (hanging scroll)
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Type:
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Painting
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Subject:
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Animals
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Repository:
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The National Palace Museum, Taipei
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Description:
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In terms of technique in Magpies and Hare, Cui Bai deftly employs both a fine, careful brushline and a rougher, freer brushline. In depicting the mountain magpies, he uses a double outline technique and then adds color. For the rabbit, his technique bears some fundamental similarity to the double outline technique. But by using very fine lines to render the fur, Cui Bai paints over the contour lines and achieves an even more life-like appearance. Generally speaking, the fur of animals differs from the feathers of birds, which are easily distinguished by layers and by type. But if you look carefully at the fur on the body of this rabbit, you will be able to see fur that is shorter, softer, and denser on the one hand, and fur that is longer and stiffer on the other hand. According to different functions, fur grows to varying lengths and is characterized by assorted textures. Inner layers preserve warmth, and outer layers protect against the elements. In depicting the downy quality of the fur, Cui Bai has not limited himself to one or two kinds of brushwork. Instead, his variations of brushwork, profuse yet always with an eye towards realism, result in an extraordinarily life-like image such that the viewer feels he or she can reach out and touch the things painted.
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ImageV ID:
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M01E00102AS009
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Image note:
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Detail
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Rights:
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Lee & Lee Communications
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