[Yuan Yaozhuxi High Concealed Map Fan Page]
The High Concealed Map of Zhuxi Fan Page, Qing Dynasty, Yuan Yaohua, paper version, color setting, 17.3 cm vertically and 52.4 cm horizontally
The fan page has its own title, but the ink is indistinct. The inscription reads: “Yuan Yao painted on the Han Dynasty.” The seal is printed in white with beads, but the seal is indistinct
This picture is composed in a flat and distant style, and the scenery is spacious and flat. The whole picture is elegantly colored and poetic. The mountain stones are mainly colored, and the stone surface is flat and less chapped. The leaves are dotted with complex lines, and the leaves are fine and overlapping, forming a contrast between “broken” and “whole” with the stone surface, enriching the visual experience. The tall men and cranes like beans in the picture not only add color and vitality to the indifferent rocks, but also create a real and credible space for the elegant buildings. Yuan Yao, like Yuan Jiang, has a style of painting that is biased towards the paintings of the Song Dynasty, with exquisite brushwork, which was not valued by people in the Qing Dynasty, where Wang Shimin and Wang Jian were the authentic “four kings”