Su Hanchen
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Su Hanchen (Chinese:
Career[edit]
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Su was born in 1094 in Bianjing (present-day Kaifeng, Henan).[2][3] He was employed by the Northern Song court's Academy of Painting "solely for his skills at painting",[4] and subsequently designated as a "Painter-in-Attendance" by Emperor Huizong. He was known for his figure paintings, especially those of women and children.[5][6]
In Su's seminal baizi (
Legacy[edit]
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According to Gu Bing (顾炳), who included Su's Woman Bathing Child in his 1603 Master Gu's Painting Manual (Gushi huapu; 顧氏
References[edit]
Citations[edit]
- ^ Tajima 2014, p. 195.
- ^ a b c d e f g Zhang 2019.
- ^ Li 2022, p. 275.
- ^ Caswell 2001, p. 199.
- ^ Watson 1981, p. 608.
- ^ Finnane 2022, p. 395.
- ^ Laureillard 2014, p. 53.
- ^ Kleutghen 2015, p. 108.
- ^ Huang 2021, p. 283.
- ^ Wong 2012, p. 32.
Bibliography[edit]
- Caswell, James O. (2001). "Lines of Communication: Some "Secrets of the Trade" in Chinese Painters' Use of "Perspectives"". Res: Anthropology and Aesthetics. 40 (1): 188–210. doi:10.1086/RESv40n1ms20167546. S2CID 168619428.
- Finnane, Antonia (2022). "Folding Fans and Early Modern Mirrors". In Dana Arnold; Katherine R. Tsiang; Martin J. Powers (eds.). A Companion to Chinese Art. Wiley. pp. 392–409. ISBN 9781119121695.
- Huang, Kunfeng (2021). Illustrated Guide to 50 Masterpieces of Chinese Paintings. Shanghai Press. ISBN 9781938368714.
- Kleutghen, Kristina (2015). Imperial Illusions: Crossing Pictorial Boundaries in the Qing Palaces. University of Washington Press. ISBN 9780295805528. JSTOR j.ctvcwn72v.
- Laureillard, Marie (2014). "Regret of Spring: The Child According to Feng Zikai". Oriens Extremus. 53: 47–60. JSTOR 26372423.
- Li, Xifan (2022). A General History of Chinese Art: From the Five Dynasties to the Yuan Dynasty. De Gruyter. ISBN 9783110790948.
- Tajima, Tatsuya (2014). "Karako Asobi: Images of Chinese Children at Play". Images of Familial Intimacy in Eastern and Western Art. Brill. pp. 185–217. doi:10.1163/9789004261945_007. ISBN 9789004261945.
- Watson, William (1981). Art of Dynastic China. Harry N. Abrams. ISBN 9780810906273.
- Wong, Aida Yuen (2012). Visualizing Beauty: Gender and Ideology in Modern East Asia. Hong Kong University Press. ISBN 9789888083893.
- Zhang, Peter (16 June 2019). "The Knickknack Peddler". Shanghai Daily. Retrieved 29 October 2022.