INTERPRETING WANG YUANQI (1642-1715): IMPERIAL COURT, LITERATI CULTURE AND THE ORTHODOX SCHOOL OF PAINTING

• Authors: Jacoby Marcin
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

The author evaluates social and artistic identity of Wang Yuanqi (1642-1715), one of the most important and influential artists of the Qing Orthodox School of painting in China. Four main social roles played by the painter are anlysed in detail: that of a high ranking court official, a literati artist, a professional painter at court, and an arts theorist. Evidence of Wang's activity in each of the related fields is given and discussed, showing a complex nature of the painter's legacy. Wang's biggest achievement seems to be the ultimate transmission of Chinese literati culture onto Manchu court and a shift of imperial artistic tastes. Contrary to some common beliefs, his art was that of transformation and reinterpretation, rather than that of imitation and repetition.

Keywords

EN

QING ORTHODOX SCHOOL OF PAINTING (CHINA); WANG YUANQI

Discipline

• ARTS_&_ARCHITECTURE: ARTS & ARCHITECTURE

• Publisher: Polska Akademia Nauk
• Journal: Rocznik Orientalistyczny
• Year: 2008
• Volume: 61
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 89-98
• Document type: ARTICLE

Contributors

author

Jacoby Marcin

• Marcin Jacoby, no address given, contact the journal editor

Identifiers

CEJSH db identifier

09PLAAAA056624