What is the moral of The Riverside Scene at Qingming Festival?
The Riverside Scene at Qingming Festival is a light-colored paper painting by five painters from the Qing Palace Painting Academy in 1736 (the first year of Qianlong), including Chen Mei, Sun Hu, Jin Kun, Dai Hong and Cheng Zhidao. It is now in the National Palace Museum in Taipei.
The layout of the painting is dense, near and far, simple and complex. The whole painting gives a concentrated and vivid summary of the complicated life, reproduces the scenery of Bianjing at that time with concise brushwork, which is a high integration of artistry and authenticity, and provides a reliable basis for the study of architecture, transportation, vehicle and boat manufacturing, commerce, catering, medicine, clothing, folk customs and other disciplines.
The Riverside Scene at Qingming Festival not only depicts the bustling scene of the market, but also depicts the images of many businessmen and dealers. Therefore, the Riverside Map on Qingming Festival can increase the wealth of the family, absorb wealth and bring economic good luck. In addition, this painting also depicts many handicrafts and commodities, which can also symbolize the skills and business ability of family members, thus bringing more business opportunities and wealth.
Techniques of Riverside Map in Qingming Festival
This painting uses many painting techniques other than flower-and-bird painting, for example, the figure horse is painted with meticulous brushwork, the landscape trees and stones are painted with Qingle, the construction ship is bounded by fields, and the floating clouds and flowing water are painted with white lines. Generally speaking, this painting is meticulous.
Painters used local approximate focus perspective and overall scattered perspective to show the urban landscape with Suzhou as the main feature in18th century. The overall layout of this painting is Chen Mei's idea. It is very compact and there is no suspicion of procrastination. The climax in the painting is repeated, and the dynamic climax and static climax are skillfully combined. The waves are getting higher and higher, full of rhythm and full of dramatic artistic changes. For example, the earliest dynamic climax is the wedding activity in the previous stage, and the static small high lake is the theater activity afterwards.
The most lively climax in the painting is the activity of getting on and off the Hongqiao in the middle section, and the quietest static climax is the last section of the royal garden. The transition between climaxes plays a role in visual cohesion and preventing aesthetic fatigue.
The above contents refer to Baidu Encyclopedia-Riverside Scene at Qingming Festival.