Wang Hui, the most celebrated painter of late seventeenth-century China,
played a key role both in reinvigorating past traditions of landscape
painting and in establishing the stylistic foundations for the
imperially sponsored art of the Qing court. Drawing upon his protean
talent and immense ambition, Wang developed an all-embracing synthesis
of historical landscape styles that constituted one of the greatest
artistic innovations of late imperial China.
This comprehensive study of the painter, the first published in English, features three essays that together consider his life and career, his artistic achievements, and his masterwork—the series of twelve monumental scrolls depicting the Kangxi emperor's Southern Inspection Tour of 1689. The first essay, by Wen C. Fong, closely examines Wang Hui's genius for "repossessing the past," his ability to engage in an inventive dialogue with previous masters and to absorb their stylistic personae while making works that were distinctly his own. Chin-Sung Chang next traces the entire trajectory of Wang's development as an artist, from his precocious youth in the village of Yushan, through growing local and national fame—first as a copyist, then as the creator of groundbreaking panoramic landscapes—to the ultimate confirmation of his stature with the commission to direct the Southern Inspection Tour project. Focusing on this extraordinary eight-year-long effort, Maxwell K. Hearn's essay discusses the contemporary sources for the scrolls, the working methods of Wang and his assistants (comparing drafts with finished versions), and the artistic innovations reflected in these imposing works, the extant examples of which measure more than two feet high and from forty-six to eighty-six feet long.
Presented in this volume are twenty-seven of Wang Hui's major paintings, including two of the Southern Inspection Tour scrolls, drawn from The Metropolitan Museum of Art and from museums in Beijing, Taipei, Shanghai, the United States, and Canada. These are supplemented by a wealth of comparative images that range from ancient Chinese paintings and seventeenth-century woodblock maps to works by present-day artists. Invaluable information is provided by a scholarly catalogue, compiled by Shi-yee Liu, Research Associate in the Department of Asian Art at the Metropolitan Museum, which details the inscriptions, colophons, signatures, and seals of each work.
This comprehensive study of the painter, the first published in English, features three essays that together consider his life and career, his artistic achievements, and his masterwork—the series of twelve monumental scrolls depicting the Kangxi emperor's Southern Inspection Tour of 1689. The first essay, by Wen C. Fong, closely examines Wang Hui's genius for "repossessing the past," his ability to engage in an inventive dialogue with previous masters and to absorb their stylistic personae while making works that were distinctly his own. Chin-Sung Chang next traces the entire trajectory of Wang's development as an artist, from his precocious youth in the village of Yushan, through growing local and national fame—first as a copyist, then as the creator of groundbreaking panoramic landscapes—to the ultimate confirmation of his stature with the commission to direct the Southern Inspection Tour project. Focusing on this extraordinary eight-year-long effort, Maxwell K. Hearn's essay discusses the contemporary sources for the scrolls, the working methods of Wang and his assistants (comparing drafts with finished versions), and the artistic innovations reflected in these imposing works, the extant examples of which measure more than two feet high and from forty-six to eighty-six feet long.
Presented in this volume are twenty-seven of Wang Hui's major paintings, including two of the Southern Inspection Tour scrolls, drawn from The Metropolitan Museum of Art and from museums in Beijing, Taipei, Shanghai, the United States, and Canada. These are supplemented by a wealth of comparative images that range from ancient Chinese paintings and seventeenth-century woodblock maps to works by present-day artists. Invaluable information is provided by a scholarly catalogue, compiled by Shi-yee Liu, Research Associate in the Department of Asian Art at the Metropolitan Museum, which details the inscriptions, colophons, signatures, and seals of each work.
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Wang Hui, el pintor más célebre de la China de finales del siglo XVII, desempeñó un papel clave tanto en la revitalización de las tradiciones pasadas de la pintura de paisajes como en el establecimiento de las bases estilísticas del arte de la corte Qing patrocinado por el imperio. Aprovechando su talento proteico y su inmensa ambición, Wang desarrolló una síntesis integral de estilos históricos de paisajes que constituyó una de las mayores innovaciones artísticas de la China imperial tardía.
Este exhaustivo estudio del pintor, el primero publicado en inglés, presenta tres ensayos que juntos consideran su vida y su carrera, sus logros artísticos y su obra maestra: la serie de doce pergaminos monumentales que representan la Gira de Inspección al Sur del emperador Kangxi de 1689. El primer ensayo, de Wen C. Fong, examina de cerca el genio de Wang Hui para "recuperar el pasado", su capacidad para entablar un diálogo creativo con los maestros anteriores y absorber sus personajes estilísticos mientras hacía obras que eran claramente suyas. Chin-Sung Chang traza a continuación toda la trayectoria del desarrollo de Wang como artista, desde su precoz juventud en la aldea de Yushan, pasando por la creciente fama local y nacional -primero como copista, luego como creador de innovadores paisajes panorámicos- hasta la confirmación definitiva de su estatura con el encargo de dirigir el proyecto de la Gira de Inspección del Sur. Centrándose en este extraordinario esfuerzo de ocho años de duración, el ensayo de Maxwell K. Hearn analiza las fuentes contemporáneas de los pergaminos, los métodos de trabajo de Wang y sus ayudantes (comparando los borradores con las versiones acabadas) y las innovaciones artísticas reflejadas en estas imponentes obras, cuyos ejemplos actuales miden más de dos pies de altura y entre cuarenta y seis y ochenta y seis pies de longitud.
En este volumen se presentan veintisiete de las principales pinturas de Wang Hui, incluidos dos de los pergaminos del Tour de Inspección del Sur, extraídos del Museo Metropolitano de Arte y de los museos de Pekín, Taipei, Shanghai, Estados Unidos y Canadá. Estos se complementan con una gran cantidad de imágenes comparativas que van desde antiguas pinturas chinas y mapas de bloques de madera del siglo XVII hasta obras de artistas actuales. Una información inestimable es la que proporciona un catálogo académico, compilado por Shi-yee Liu, Investigador Asociado del Departamento de Arte Asiático del Museo Metropolitano, que detalla las inscripciones, los colofones, las firmas y los sellos de cada obra.
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