An Analysis of the Cold Forest Imagery in Literati Paintings During the Tang and Song Dynasties
The cold forest imagery,derived from the forest imagery in landscape painting,became a classic motif charac-terized by distinct stages and literati aesthetic tastes during the development of literati painting from the Tang and Five Dynas-ties to the Northern Song Dynasty.This imagery retains the painting traditions of the Tang and Five Dynasties,inheriting the representational techniques and cognitive values of forest imagery,and presents a natural woodland scene with strict adherence to rules and refined brushwork.At the same time,it seeks to break away from the decorative characteristics of bright colors,using"five shades of ink"instead of color to shift from the external world to inner spiritual expression and personal symbol-ism.The cold forest imagery embodies diverse and lively forms of"coldness,"conveying metaphors and symbolic meanings of coldness that is not chilling but full of interest and vitality.
Tang and Five DynastiesNorthern Songliterati paintingcold forest imagery
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