The place the Fact Lies: The Artwork of Qiu Ying

Celebrated for his masterful brushstrokes, depictions of nature, and use of translucent blue-green pigments, Qiu Ying is the least recognized of the 4 Ming Dynasty masters of the Wu Faculty. This elegantly produced and groundbreaking monograph, the primary Western-language publication dedicated to the painter, attracts on new scholarship to supply a deep and wealthy appreciation of Qiu Ying’s achievements past the landscapes for which he’s famend. The ebook creates a brand new chronology for Qiu Ying’s work and re-examines his relationship to the Wu Faculty. Over eighty of the artist’s work, together with a lot of his most achieved works, are offered in wonderful coloration illustrations. The accompanying texts level readers to the painter’s key stylistic qualities and present a transparent chronological framework of his growth as an artist. Along with portray towering mountains, this ebook shows Qiu Ying’s monochromatic ink portray, which he practiced at each stage of his profession. Lastly, the ebook reconsiders Qiu Ying’s legacy over the following 4 centuries. Followers of the plush, poetic portray of the Ming Dynasty and Chinese language artwork historical past basically, will relish this definitive appreciation of an artist who transcended many boundaries that got here to outline Ming society and tradition.

Printed with the Los Angeles County Museum of Artwork