Pinsons et bambou

Emperor Huizong Chinese

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 210

Huitième empereur de la dynastie des Song, Huizong fut aussi l’artiste le plus accompli de la lignée. Pinsons et bambou est un parfait exemple de la peinture réaliste de fleurs et d’oiseaux pratiquée à l’académie de Huizong. Pourtant, autant dans ses études d’après nature que dans ses illustrations de poèmes, l’empereur s’attachait davantage à saisir l’esprit du sujet que sa ressemblance. Grâce à l’observation minutieuse des pinsons, il a pu reproduire ici leur vitalité, encore renforcée par une touche finale : quelques gouttes de laque déposées sur les yeux.

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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