Bird-and-flower painting

Bird-and-flower painting

Early Autumn, 13th century, by Song loyalist painter Qian Xuan. The decaying lotus leaves and dragonflies hovering over stagnant water are likely a veiled criticism of Mongol rule.[1]
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese 花鳥畫
Simplified Chinese 花鸟画
Vietnamese name
Vietnamese Hoa điểu họa
Hán-Nôm 花鳥畫
Korean name
Hangul 화조화
Hanja 花鳥畵
Japanese name
Kanji 花鳥画

Bird-and-flower painting is a kind of Chinese painting named after its subject matter. Normally, most bird-and-flower paintings belong to the scholar-artist style of Chinese painting.

According to Chinese tradition, bird-and-flower painting covers "flowers, birds, fish, and insects" (Traditional Chinese: 花鳥魚蟲, Simplified Chinese: 花鸟鱼虫 huā, niǎo, yú, chóng). It can thus deal with a wide range of natural topics, including flowers (plants), fish, insects, birds, pets (dogs, cats) etc.

Varieties

According to painting technique:

Representatives: Lin Liang (林良), Tang Yin (唐寅)

See also

Media related to Bird-and-flower paintings at Wikimedia Commons

References

  1. ↑ "Early Autumn (29.1)". Detroit Institute of Arts. Retrieved 2008-12-18.

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