The scroll of Shi Tao searching all the strange peaks

[Shi Tao’s Search for All the Strange Peaks]

The Search for All the Strange Peaks Volume, Qing Dynasty, Shi Tao’s work, paper, ink, 42.8 cm in length and 285.5 cm in width
At the beginning of the picture, Shi Tao said to himself, “Search all the strange peaks and make a draft”, and stamped “Lao Tao”. The blank space at the end of the picture, There is a long painting theory written by Shi Tao in his spare time: “Guo Heyang said that there are people who can hope, travel and live in the mountains. Yu said: the south of the Yangtze River and the north of the Yangtze River, the water and land are flat, and the ancient bank of Xinsha is the people who can live in the mountains. The shallow is the bleak and horizontal cliff, the lake bridge is broken, the deep is the green drop of the forest, and the waterfall water is suspended, which is the people who can travel. The peaks and peaks enter the clouds, the flying rocks fall into the sun, the mountains have no earthy soil, the stones have no roots, and the trees do not exist in vain, which is the people who can expect. Today’s people who travel in the ink and ink, always have no view of the famous mountains and rivers, where do you live alone in the secluded rocks When you enter the room, the wine glasses that can be handed in for half a year, and the antiques that are in full supply, are not clear about the truth. What can you argue about the vertical and horizontal habits? Zizhi said: This is a certain school of calligraphy, this is a certain school of legalism. It is still like the blind people to show the blind and the ugly women to judge the ugly women. It is my religion not to establish a law, and it is my purpose not to give up a law. Scholars know it. In February of Xinwei, Yu Jiangnan returned the guests to Hanzhai, and the palace paper Yu case. The owner, Mr. Shen An, asked for the painting and asked for advice. Shi Tao, the subordinate of the Hunan branch of the Qing Dynasty, Yuanji. ” Seal “Balsam pear monk”, “Ice and snow enlightenment predecessor”, “Shi Tao”
There are poems and inscriptions by Moxiangtang, Chen Yixi, Xu Yun, Ye Heyinbu, etc. on the back wall and the tail paper. The full seal has ten seals
This picture was made by him when he traveled to Beijing at the age of 50. There is a description of the Great Wall in the picture, which is not only the first time that the image of the Great Wall appears in landscape painting, but also confirms the realism of the painting and the aesthetic concept of “searching all the wonderful peaks and making drafts” advocated by the author. In terms of performance, the painting is vigorous and vigorous in the strange and dangerous, and rigorous in the void. Although it seems bold and unconstrained, it is unintentional to wipe and dye, but on the whole, it has grasped the level of mountains, the direction of clouds and the subtle charm of trees. In particular, although its composition is full of paper, it is not lost in any way. It is indeed a skill that can be refined only by searching all the peaks
Description of Listening to the Painting and Calligraphy of the Sailing Tower.