Period:Ming dynasty Production date:1619-1633
Materials:paper
Technique:printed, woodblock,
Subjects:calligraphy
Dimensions:Height: 25.40 centimetres Width: 27.20 centimetres
Description:
Woodblock print by Hu Zhengyan. Calligraphy. Made of ink and colours on paper. See BM 1970.0202.07.
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![图片[1]-print; calligraphy BM-1970-0202-0.8-China Archive](https://chinaarchive.net/Ming dynasty/Calligraphic works/mid_00122290_001.jpg)
![图片[2]-print; calligraphy BM-1970-0202-0.8-China Archive](https://chinaarchive.net/Ming dynasty/Calligraphic works/mid_00030612_001.jpg)
Comments:Rawson 1992:The peak of technical achievement in Ming woodblock illustration was the production of colour illustrations. The process, known as ‘taoban’ (‘set of blocks’), involved the cutting of a separate block for each colour (up to ten blocks, each for a different colour, might be required for a single illustration).Originally printed in sixteen parts between 1619 and 1633, this pair of openings from a late Ming edition show prunus and bamboo accompanying calligraphy. It reproduces brushwork from paintings showing the quality of brush line and the subtle gradation of colour. This is the most important of the early colour-printed woodblock books, and it is the first of the painting manuals to use colour.
Materials:paper
Technique:printed, woodblock,
Subjects:calligraphy
Dimensions:Height: 25.40 centimetres Width: 27.20 centimetres
Description:
Woodblock print by Hu Zhengyan. Calligraphy. Made of ink and colours on paper. See BM 1970.0202.07.
IMG
Comments:Rawson 1992:The peak of technical achievement in Ming woodblock illustration was the production of colour illustrations. The process, known as ‘taoban’ (‘set of blocks’), involved the cutting of a separate block for each colour (up to ten blocks, each for a different colour, might be required for a single illustration).Originally printed in sixteen parts between 1619 and 1633, this pair of openings from a late Ming edition show prunus and bamboo accompanying calligraphy. It reproduces brushwork from paintings showing the quality of brush line and the subtle gradation of colour. This is the most important of the early colour-printed woodblock books, and it is the first of the painting manuals to use colour.
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