Xia Yong Yueyang Tower Drawing Fan Page

[The fan page of the Yueyang Tower by Xia Yong]

The fan page of the Yueyang Tower, Yuan Dynasty, Xia Yong’s work, silk, ink brush, 25.2 cm vertically and 25.8 cm horizontally
This self-knowledge: “On April 22, Zhizheng 7, Qian Tang Xiaming Yuan painted and printed the book.” Jiancang printed “Yizhou Treasure” and “Mysterious Pavilion Book”. On the edge of the seal are “the treasure of eight symbols” and “the treasure of the Supreme Emperor”
The painter uses the diagonal composition of virtual and real, and the three-story Yueyang Tower is arranged on the left side of the painting, leaving a blank on the right side. The vast ravine is empty, and the remote mountain area takes the poetic meaning of Meng Haoran’s “steaming clouds and dreams, shaking Yueyang City”. The whole painting is beautiful and delicate, skillfully combining various lines such as straight lines, horizontal lines, oblique lines, and arcs, through the weight of the outline and the density of the lines, It clearly explains the sense of depth and depth of the pavilion and the sense of volume of “clear to the back”, the accuracy of the proportion structure, and the specific and exquisite description of cornices, beams and columns, arch of wooden architecture, fences and other details, which makes the viewer feel a little inside the painting. Abandoning the color and using only the expression method of line drawing, the picture is so complicated that it does not show blocking congestion. It is clear, simple, elegant and beautiful. Its fine and meticulous line drawing can be described as “as fine as a mosquito’s eyelashes, and as like a ghost’s work”. This method of drawing architecture with pure ink and line drawing has become a masterpiece since the Yuan Dynasty, So that Li Zuoxian of the Qing Dynasty mistakenly believed that this picture was the work of the Song Dynasty: “The painting of Yueyang Tower is exquisite, the eaves of the flying pavilion are neat, the figures in the building are delicate, and almost like ghost work… These paintings and calligraphies are the unique skills of the Song Dynasty. After the Yuan and Ming Dynasties, they have become the” Guangling San “.”
The full text of Yueyang Tower is inscribed in small script on the upper right. These inscriptions are also “as small as ants” and “as fine as a needle”, It is in harmony with its fine painting style, at the same time, it supplements the painting meaning, enhances the literary and lyrical effect of the work, which is also a great contribution of Xia Yong to the development of ancient Chinese painting
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