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National Palace English
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Work ID:
M01E00195
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Title:
Three Friends of the Cold Winter
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Three Friends of the Cold Winter
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Creation Date:
Song Dynasty
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Song Dynasty
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Start Year Date:
A.D.960
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A.D.960
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End Year Date:
A.D.1279
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A.D.1279
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Dynasty:
39 Song Dynasty (A.D. 960~1279)
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39 Song Dynasty (A.D. 960~1279)
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Creator:
Zhao Meng-jian
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Zhao Meng-jian
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Creation Place:
China
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China
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Measurements:
32.2 x 53.4 cm
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32.2 x 53.4 cm
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Material:
Ink on paper
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Ink on paper
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Form:
Ce-ye (album leaf)
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Ce-ye (album leaf)
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Type:
Painting
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Painting
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Subject:
Flowers and Plants
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Flowers and Plants
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Repository:
The National Palace Museum, Taipei
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The National Palace Museum, Taipei
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Description:
Zhao Mengjian has painted in ink the "three friends of the cold winter"- the pine, bamboo, and plum. For the pine, he stacks and aligns the pine needles so that their arrangement shows rich variations. To depict plum, he uses dark ink and a thin brush, drawing circles and hooks to represent the petals, and then pale ink wash to color the lining. For the bamboo, he turns single brushstrokes into leaves. As we can see, the techniques for painting pine, bamboo, and plum differ. The result must be lively and moving as the artist strives to paint a likeness and to convey a more abstract idea. In 1127, the Song Dynasty moved its capital to the south. In this environment Zhao Mengjian painted mostly plum, orchids, bamboo and rocks, narcissus and the like, all subjects that had qualities of virtue and of being above the fray of politics. These subjects came to signify metaphorically a situation in which one may be near a chaotic world yet remain virtuous and lofty. Because of this political situation Zhao and others of later generations who moved south shared a common set of emotional responses.
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Zhao Mengjian has painted in ink the "three friends of the cold winter"- the pine, bamboo, and plum. For the pine, he stacks and aligns the pine needles so that their arrangement shows rich variations. To depict plum, he uses dark ink and a thin brush, drawing circles and hooks to represent the petals, and then pale ink wash to color the lining. For the bamboo, he turns single brushstrokes into leaves. As we can see, the techniques for painting pine, bamboo, and plum differ. The result must be lively and moving as the artist strives to paint a likeness and to convey a more abstract idea. In 1127, the Song Dynasty moved its capital to the south. In this environment Zhao Mengjian painted mostly plum, orchids, bamboo and rocks, narcissus and the like, all subjects that had qualities of virtue and of being above the fray of politics. These subjects came to signify metaphorically a situation in which one may be near a chaotic world yet remain virtuous and lofty. Because of this political situation Zhao and others of later generations who moved south shared a common set of emotional responses.
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ImageV ID:
M01E00195AS005
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Rights:
Lee & Lee Communications
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Lee & Lee Communications
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