From Imitation to Innovation:The Four Wangs,the Four Monks,and Two Features of Early-Qing Landscape Painting
The contributions of Four Wangs and Four Monks to landscape painting in the early Qing dynasty are mainly reflected in two aspects:copying ancient masterworks and innovation.The Four Wangs scrupulously abode by the doctrine of the Southern School and devoted themselves to imitating the ancients,aiming at preserving the ancient law so as to better achieve innovation.The Four Monks emphasised learning from nature,and although they highlighted their strong spirit of self-innovation,they too founded their artistic activity on copying ancient masterworks.For both groups,copying the ancients and innovating are not binary opposites but complementary aspects of a same mindset.
Early Qing dynastyCopying the ancientsInnovatingFour WangsFour Monks
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