Vagaries of "Mustard Seed Garden" 芥子園奇想 (2010)
The Vagaries of "Mustard Seed Garden"
“Mustard Seed Garden Painting Manual” is a traditional Chinese paintings manual during Qing Dynasty. It was commissioned by Shen Xinyou, the “Mustard Seed Garden”, is the name of his father-in-law Li Yu’s villa.
The book collected many paintings as a sample, every section has word description. It’s a model for the people who learn and paint Chinese paintings. Master Qi Baishi, Lin Fengmian etc., used this manual to imitate the painting technique in teenage.
There are three sections of “Mustard Seed Garden Painting Manual”: First section: “Mountain and sea”, second section: “Plum, orchid, bamboo, & chrysanthemum” and third section: “Flower & plume”. It’s well-known to every family and household.
Everytime I read this book, I imagine……..
芥子園奇想
“芥子園畫傳”為清朝的集著,由沈心友等主編,以其岳父劇作家李漁的別墅”芥子園”為名。畫傳結集了多幅水墨畫為範例,為中國水墨畫的臨摹範本,一代水墨名家如齊白石、林風眠等,都在年少時把《芥子園畫傳》作為範本。
“芥子園畫傳”主要分為三篇: 第一篇為”山水篇”,第二篇為”梅、蘭、菊、竹篇”和第三篇的”花卉翎毛篇”。圖文並茂,家喻戶曉。
每次我閱讀這本書時,引發了很多奇想…
“Mustard Seed Garden Painting Manual” is a traditional Chinese paintings manual during Qing Dynasty. It was commissioned by Shen Xinyou, the “Mustard Seed Garden”, is the name of his father-in-law Li Yu’s villa.
The book collected many paintings as a sample, every section has word description. It’s a model for the people who learn and paint Chinese paintings. Master Qi Baishi, Lin Fengmian etc., used this manual to imitate the painting technique in teenage.
There are three sections of “Mustard Seed Garden Painting Manual”: First section: “Mountain and sea”, second section: “Plum, orchid, bamboo, & chrysanthemum” and third section: “Flower & plume”. It’s well-known to every family and household.
Everytime I read this book, I imagine……..
芥子園奇想
“芥子園畫傳”為清朝的集著,由沈心友等主編,以其岳父劇作家李漁的別墅”芥子園”為名。畫傳結集了多幅水墨畫為範例,為中國水墨畫的臨摹範本,一代水墨名家如齊白石、林風眠等,都在年少時把《芥子園畫傳》作為範本。
“芥子園畫傳”主要分為三篇: 第一篇為”山水篇”,第二篇為”梅、蘭、菊、竹篇”和第三篇的”花卉翎毛篇”。圖文並茂,家喻戶曉。
每次我閱讀這本書時,引發了很多奇想…
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