Art Master
1 min readGu Kaizhi(circa 345-409)
He was a famous painter in the Eastern Jin Dynasty and came from Jinling(today’s Wuxi, Jiangsu). He was wel1 learned and capable with superb painting skills. He was good at painting religious figures, famous people and females. His pictures had great infuence upon his time and the later ages.
This part shows the scene when Cao Zhi saw the Nymph of the Luo River for the frst time. Cao Zhi was very excited but reminded himself of being calm. In the painter’s desin, he took a sitting position, which expressed this psychological action. The Nymph of the Luo River wanted to approach Cao Zhi and was about to speak but hesitantly bit her tongue. The expressions of people were richly and exquisitely painted with fne and powerful lines. These lines were fuent and continuous like the silk just spun by the silkworm in the spring. People of later generations called this method of painting people”Gaogu Silk-line Painting.”
Do You Know?
Paintings of the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties The Chinese painting began to mature in the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties. The painting style shifted from being rough and grand to being fine and exquisite. Because many men of letters such as Gu Kaizhi were also engaged in painting, the cultural taste of paintings was greatly improved. The fgure painting had been matured and the painting of landscape gradually evolved into an independent school.
