Shen Yuanshan Pavilion Axis

[Shen Yuan Landscape Pavilion Map Axis]

Landscape Pavilion Map Axis, Qing Dynasty, Shen Yuan painting, silk, color, 135 cm vertical, 74.8 cm horizontal
The title of this picture is “Chen Shen Yuan Gong’s painting”, with the seal of “Chen Shen Yuan”
The new architectural painting influenced by the “Haixi method” was once very popular in the Qing Dynasty palace. At that time, it was called “line method painting”, that is, the focus perspective method in western painting was used to expand the sense of space and depth of the building in the picture, and strive to achieve the three-dimensional effect of “the distance between the sun and the sun is not too narrow…. The cloth shadow is wide and narrow, and measured in a triangle. The painting of the palace and the wall makes people want to enter”. The trace of “line painting” can be seen in Shen Yuan’s work. Although some effects of western painting in the picture have been weakened to some extent due to the limitation of Chinese aesthetic tradition, compared with traditional architectural paintings, the artist’s ability to express three-dimensional scenery at this time has indeed improved considerably.