Finken und Bambus

Emperor Huizong Chinese

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 210

Huizong war der achte Kaiser der Song-Dynastie und der künstlerisch gebildetste seiner Linie. Finken und Bambus steht exemplarisch für den realistischen Stil der Blumen-und-Vogel-Malerei, die an Huizongs Akademie ausgeübt wurde. Unabhängig davon, ob er eine Naturstudie oder ein Gedicht illustrierte, war dem Kaiser stets wichtiger, den Geist eines Subjekts einzufangen, anstatt lediglich ein wortgetreues Abbild zu erstellen. Hier wurde den genauestens beobachteten Finken die Lebendigkeit ihrer realen Vorbilder eingehaucht. Die Lacktropfen in den Vogelaugen verstärken den lebensnahen Ausdruck.

Finches and bamboo, Emperor Huizong (Chinese, 1082–1135; r. 1100–25), Handscroll; ink and color on silk, China

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Finches and bamboo, Emperor Huizong (Chinese, 1082–1135; r. 1100–25), Handscroll; ink and color on silk, China
Finches and bamboo, Emperor Huizong (Chinese, 1082–1135; r. 1100–25), Handscroll; ink and color on silk, China
Finches and bamboo, Emperor Huizong (Chinese, 1082–1135; r. 1100–25), Handscroll; ink and color on silk, China
Finches and bamboo, Emperor Huizong (Chinese, 1082–1135; r. 1100–25), Handscroll; ink and color on silk, China
Finches and bamboo, Emperor Huizong (Chinese, 1082–1135; r. 1100–25), Handscroll; ink and color on silk, China
Finches and bamboo, Emperor Huizong (Chinese, 1082–1135; r. 1100–25), Handscroll; ink and color on silk, China
Finches and bamboo, Emperor Huizong (Chinese, 1082–1135; r. 1100–25), Handscroll; ink and color on silk, China
Finches and bamboo, Emperor Huizong (Chinese, 1082–1135; r. 1100–25), Handscroll; ink and color on silk, China
Finches and bamboo, Emperor Huizong (Chinese, 1082–1135; r. 1100–25), Handscroll; ink and color on silk, China
Finches and bamboo, Emperor Huizong (Chinese, 1082–1135; r. 1100–25), Handscroll; ink and color on silk, China
Finches and bamboo, Emperor Huizong (Chinese, 1082–1135; r. 1100–25), Handscroll; ink and color on silk, China
Finches and bamboo, Emperor Huizong (Chinese, 1082–1135; r. 1100–25), Handscroll; ink and color on silk, China
Finches and bamboo, Emperor Huizong (Chinese, 1082–1135; r. 1100–25), Handscroll; ink and color on silk, China
Finches and bamboo, Emperor Huizong (Chinese, 1082–1135; r. 1100–25), Handscroll; ink and color on silk, China
Finches and bamboo, Emperor Huizong (Chinese, 1082–1135; r. 1100–25), Handscroll; ink and color on silk, China
Finches and bamboo, Emperor Huizong (Chinese, 1082–1135; r. 1100–25), Handscroll; ink and color on silk, China
Finches and bamboo, Emperor Huizong (Chinese, 1082–1135; r. 1100–25), Handscroll; ink and color on silk, China

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