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Los dieciséis luohans

Wu Bin Chinese
dated 1591
Not on view
En la imaginación popular china, los monjes mendicantes, magos y ermitaños misteriosos pasaban por «luohans vivientes» disfrazados, o santones budistas capaces de obrar milagros. Cuando la corrupción y la ineptitud del gobierno ponían en peligro el orden social, como sucedió en los últimos tiempos de la dinastía Ming, las creencias supersticiosas y mesiánicas aumentaban en popularidad. El pintor Wu Bin adoptó un estilo figural arcaico en esta pintura, una de sus primeras obras, y siguió la tradición de pintar a los luohans como fantásticos excéntricos, cuyas facciones grotescas ocultan su esencia espiritual. Es posible que la pintura humorística de Wu impartiera un serio mensaje: la santidad puede esconderse bajo la fealdad aparente.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • 明 吳彬 十六羅漢圖 卷
  • Título: Los dieciséis luohans
  • Artista: Wu Bin, chino, activo ca. 1583–1626
  • Periodo: Dinastía Ming
  • Fecha: 1591
  • Material: Rollo horizontal; tinta, color sobre papel
  • Dimensiones: 32 x 414,3 cm
  • Crédito: Colección de la familia de Edward Elliott, donación de Douglas Dillon, 1986
  • Número de inventario: 1986.266.4
  • Curatorial Department: Asian Art

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