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Gain access to this incredible resource through either a monthly or a yearly subscription and search the entire collection from your desktop, compare multiple images side by side and zoom into the minute details of the images. Visit www.davidrumsey.com/amica for more information on the collection, click on the link below the revolving thumbnail to the right, or email us at amica@luna-img.com . Creator Name: Zhao, Zhong Creator Nationality: Chinese Creator Role: Artist Gender: M Creator Name-CRT: Zhong Zhao Title: Ink Flowers Title Type: Primary View: Detail Creation Start Date: 1361 Creation End Date: 1361 Creation Date: 1361 Object Type: Paintings Materials and Techniques: handscroll, ink on paper Dimensions: Overall: 31.8cm x 153.2cm AMICA Contributor: The Cleveland Museum of Art Owner Location: Cleveland, Ohio, USA ID Number: 1967.36 Credit Line: John L. Severance Fund Rights: http://www.clemusart.com/museum/disclaim2.html Context: This elegant work was painted by an artist who, like Zhang Wu, illustrator of the Nine Songs (see page 77), acknowledged his familiarity with the linear baimiao technique advanced by the Song master Li Gonglin. As stated in his inscription, however, other earlier masters inspired the painting: I did this scroll, using Tang Zhengzhong's [active in the Southern Song court of Ningzong, 1195-1224] method of "ink-flower painting." I also composed poems in the style of Li He in praise of the flowers. My poemsand painting may not be very good; they are nonetheless all derived from the heritage of the ancients. It is just as if one wants to draw a square or circle, one must first know how to use the ruler and the compass. May the connoisseur kindly refrain fromlaughing at them. By specifying his artistic model, adding poetry based on an earlier writer written in his own hand, and articulating explicitly his method of creation, Zhao Zhong assembled a paradigmatic image of Yuan personal expression. Isolated against the luminous surface of this especially powdery, sized fengjian paper, Zhao's sprays of lily, narcissus, and peony--each paired with his poem--appear frail and ghostly. Closer examination, however, reveals the strength of his precise brushwork that transforms these horticultural studies into brilliant vehicles of expressive painting. The choice of flowers is unusual as the three belong to no known seasonal or symbolic system current in the fourteenth century. The selection could be unique and influenced by his professional interests as a medical doctor and herbalist. It is known, for example, that lilies could be used to form a powder that dispelled grief; the young leaves, eaten raw, produced an intoxicating effect. The rough bark of tree peony roots, on the other hand, is prescribed to cure various blood disorders. K.W. AMICA ID: CMA_.1967.36 AMICA Library Year: 1998 Media Metadata Rights: AMICA PUBLIC RIGHTS: a) Access to the materials is granted for personal and non-commercial use. b) A full educational license for non-commercial use is available from Cartography Associates at www.davidrumsey.com/amica/institution_subscribe.html c) Licensed users may continue their examination of additional materials provided by Cartography Associates, and d) commercial rights are available from the rights holder. Home
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