Taoist paintings
The chosen painting is from the Sung Dynasty (960-1279) and is by one of the periods foremost painters, Ma Yüan (1190 –1225). The Sung period is believed to have been one of the greatest periods in terms of chinese painting. A Royal art academy was set up enabling the Emperors of the time to patronise the artists. Although there were many different styles in this period, the Sung Dynasty is best known for its landscape paintings. During the first period of this dynasty, the Northern Sung Dynasty, landscape painting tended towards the grandiose painting of tall cliff precipices with violent waterfalls and a tiny group of people. However this was a troubled time and the court was forced to flee towards the south and thus began the Southern Sung Period. During this time the emperors' painting academy produced a style of landscape known as the Ma-Hsia school. The name is derived from its two greatest artists, Ma Yuan and Hsia Kuei. Drawing on the expansiveness found in the Northern Sung tradition, they created views with less brushwork, mists became an important device to suggest landmass and to give the painting a light, ethereal quality. . Ma Yuan was often called "one-corner Ma," as he would restrict much of his painting to
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Some common words found in the essay are:
Ma Yuan, Ma-Hsia La, Yin Yang, Ma Yüan, Northern Sung, Yang Yin, Têh Ching, Chinese Painting, Ch'an Zen, Fan K'uan, ma yuan, de la, northern sung, hsia kuei, en la, de un, ma yuan hsia, painting academy, academy produced, sung period, yuan hsia, yuan hsia kuei, northern sung tradition, expansiveness found northern, found northern sung,
Approximate Word count = 2409
Approximate Pages = 10 (250 words per page double spaced)
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