A brief discussion of the differences in landscape painting styles between the Song Dynasty and the Yuan Dynasty

The Song Dynasty and the Yuan Dynasty were two important periods for the vigorous development of ancient Chinese landscape painting. They were also special periods when the realistic tradition of Chinese painting was transferred. The transformation of the realistic tradition of landscape painting in the Song and Yuan Dynasties was not a sudden and disruptive change, but a dynamic evolution process. Both consciously and unconsciously practiced the proposition of "realism", but they had different requirements and considerations for realism in different eras. The emphasis is different. Both depict "things", based on resemblance and realism; however, the purpose of depicting "things" is different, and there is a difference between "pictography" and "observation of self". Therefore, the title of the article refers to the realistic tradition of Song and Yuan Dynasties. They can be summarized as "responding to the image of things" and "viewing me with things". This article not only studies the evolution of the realistic tradition of landscape painting in the Song and Yuan Dynasties in a general sense, but also focuses on grasping the development and potential trends of the realistic tradition of Chinese painting, trying to provide guidance for the development and innovation of the realistic style of Chinese landscape painting in the new era. New ideas and theoretical basis. In previous studies of Song and Yuan landscape paintings, people focused more on comparing the many differences between the two, and were accustomed to labeling their artistic styles as "realistic" and "freehand" respectively. , the two are often analyzed from opposing standpoints. This article avoids such research ideas, starting from the painting tradition of "realism" and relying on a large number of historical materials to examine the evolution of realism in landscape paintings in the Song and Yuan dynasties. This article explains the evolution process of the realistic tradition of landscape painting in Song and Yuan Dynasties from two aspects, as well as the difference and inheritance of the two realistic traditions. The difference is reflected in: the landscape painters of the Song Dynasty emphasized that "the external teacher creates nature, and the inner source is the source of the heart",...