Representative painters of courtyard flower-and-bird painting in Song Dynasty and their artistic characteristics

Representativeness and artistic characteristics of flower-and-bird painting in Song Dynasty: Flower-and-bird painting is an important category of painting in Song Dynasty, which greatly surpassed that in Tang Dynasty. The court flower-and-bird painters in Song Dynasty attached great importance to the observation and research of animal and plant images, and their paintings of flowers, fruits and plants were vivid, reasonable and meticulous. Its exquisite performance, dense and elegant colors and meticulous and dignified modeling reflect the aesthetic characteristics of the court nobles in the Song Dynasty. The reason why the garden flower-and-bird painting in Song Dynasty can reach a high level in vividness is that it can be obtained directly from all things in nature, and its important feature is its strong commercial interest. At that time, many works had such qualities. According to the classification of works, its characteristics are as follows: 1. Pure flower painter: Zhao Chang's "Apricot Flower Map" is gorgeous and graceful. Liu Yi painted more than 100 leeward lotus leaves in the lotus pond, among which a unique red lotus flower was half-open, which was quite creative. This kind of flower painting, mixed with powder and ink, can get bright colors and swaying posture. 2. There are bees, butterflies, birds and insects in the flowers and fruits: There are two geese under the apricot tree in Cui Bai's "Two Gooses in Xinghua", one wants to sing and the other is in the stream. Lin Chun's "Zhu Gui Kingfisher Map" shows sweet-scented osmanthus leaves, bees flying up and down, and kingfishers peeping. This emphasis on the echo relationship between objects and images is unique and vivid. Third, people who shoot scenic animals: Cui Bai's "Two Gooses in Autumn Pond" is full of beautiful waves, in which two geese swim. Li Di's "Snow Tree and Cold Bird Map" depicts a bird standing on a dead branch, next to the snow bamboo, and the snow is flying in the air like a powder spot. This kind of painting pursues the artistic conception of a specific scene. 4. Animals frolic or fight with each other: In Li Di's Eagle Xiong Tu, the eagle and the bear look at each other and vaguely move their horns. Chen Juzhong's "Five Quails" has two struggles, one is uneasy, and the other is squatting in the grass under the slope, looking very angry. This kind of work conveys the dynamic expression of objects. The above classification is not absolute, the purpose is to highlight the characteristics of the picture. These paintings are lifelike, lifelike. Flowers bloom, fruitful, solid asphalt and beautiful scenery. With flowers and birds, there are many interesting things, such as swimming bees, peeping birds and insects wearing green leaves. Animals and beasts have their own feelings, playing in the water, sleeping, flying and looking around, fighting independently, breastfeeding and foraging, playing peacefully, making noise and robbing. The richness of nature can be described as liveliness. Academy also refers to the works of Liu Songnian, Li Tang, Ma Yuan, Xia Gui and other representative painters of the Southern Song Dynasty Painting Academy.