Landmark and Life:Cityscape Shaping and Social Record in Historical Images of the Grand Canal
As early as Song Dynasty in China,real scene paintings involving the Grand Canal were made.During the Ming and Qing dynasties,images showing the landscape of the Grand Canal were abundant in number and complex in type,which can be roughly divided into two categories according to their form.The first is long scroll paintings showing geographical spaces such as cities,towns,mountains,temples and water conservancy projects along the canal,including canal maps with the characteristics of real scene painting.The second is painting or atlas about certain event and tour created by officials or individuals,in which the canal and surrounding scenery was described in fragments.The historical images of Grand Canal involve different styles such as imperial-court painting,literati painting and folk painting.They preserve precious visual historical materials and have irreplaceable value for researching canal cities and social customs.
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