Shitao Yunshan Map Axis

[Shi Tao Cloud Mountain Axis]

Cloud Mountain Axis, Qing Dynasty, painted by Shi Tao, paper, colored, 45.1 cm vertically and 30.8 cm horizontally
This picture axis is the work of Shi Tao in his later years. At this time, his landscape painting composition is novel and bold, surprising, and extremely subtle. In the picture, instead of the “triple stack” of the first floor, the second floor, and the third floor, and the Northern Song style of the composition of the upper part of the sky, the lower part of the ground, and the middle part of the landscape, the most beautiful and representative section of the landscape is directly captured by the “interception method”. The author describes the half-exposed mountain, the trees are stained with ink and clouds, and the sky is rendered with light ink to show the white and floating feeling of clouds.