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Date Submitted: 04/08/2014 04:30 AM
All alone by the veranda railing, teardrops drenching the branches
through her face is unadorned, her old charms remain
behind the locked gate on a rainy night how she is filled with sadness
how differently she looked bathed in golden waves of moonlight before the darkness fell
poem is about longing for lost empire
Qian xuan (c. 1235 before 1307) pear blossoms, yuan (1271-1368)
Emin Imin Yimin?? – concept of u should not serve another administration
Qian xuan (c. 1235 before 1307) – early autumn, yuan dynasty.
decay of nature in early autumn
started painting archaic style in wang xizhi (307=54) (sage of Chinese calligraphy) watching the geese
inspired by geese swimming in the water and the movement of water become his style
mountain symbolizes immediate past
much pleasantness is found in that elegant bamboo grove
in a peaceful pavilion and with a bare stomach how
also evident in dwelling in the floating jade mountains
intention of political message
zhao menfu (1254-1322) detail, record of the miaoyan temple c. 1310 yuan dynasty
zhao menfu, frontispiece, xuanmiao Taoist temple in zhuanshu script
zhao menfu born a prince and in Confucian belief he should have either committed suicide or never worked for the Mongols or follow foot steps of teacher who refused to serve mongols but he did. Decided to serve for noble reason. To educate and cultivate the Mongols. By raising to a top position he could have influence.
Bamboo, rock, and lonely orchids
These started to serve as symbolism like bamboo – virtue, moral strength in terms of turbulence in society.
Painting Relies on the sensitivity of the artist’s hand
The mind landscape of xie youyou, yuan. – not real landscape. Hard to penetrate with our eyes due to the mushroom like bushes on trees. Archaic style resembling his teacher.
Goat and sheep – playful, conception of writing as calligraphy at the center of the painting, in the poem he says he cannot master the ways of the past master...