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A handscroll has a backing of protective and decorative silk (包首) usually bearing a small title label (題簽) on it. [6]In Chinese art, the handscroll usually consists of a frontispiece (引首) at the beginning (right side), the artwork (畫心) itself in the middle, and a colophon section (拖尾) at the end for various inscriptions.
Nine Dragons (九龍圖卷; Jiǔlóngtú juǎn) is a handscroll painting by Chinese artist Chen Rong. [1] Painted in 1244, it depicts the apparitions of dragons soaring amidst clouds, mists, whirlpools, rocky mountains and fire, the painting refers to the dynamic forces of nature in Daoism and the liquid, water-like essence of the Tao. [2]
Hanging scrolls provide a vertical format to display art on walls. [3] [6] They are one of the most common types of scrolls for Chinese painting and calligraphy. [10] They are made in many different sizes and proportions. [5] Horizontal hanging scrolls are also a common form. [10] Hanging scrolls are different from the handscrolls.
In April 1742, the Qianlong Emperor composed a poem to be added to the right-most end of the 1737 scroll. The calligraphy is in the running script style, and is in the hand of Liang Shizheng (梁詩正), a prominent court official and companion of the emperor. [25] The poem reads as follows:
Chinese scrolls were intended mainly to illustrate the transcendent principles of Buddhism and the serenity of the landscapes, suggesting the grandeur and the spirituality. The Japanese, on the other hand, had refocused their scrolls on everyday life and man, conveying drama, humour and feelings.
Painted in the 14th century, the scroll was damaged by a fire in 1650 and split into two — with one part now kept at the National Palace Museum in Taipei, and the other at the Zhejiang ...
Yan Liben (Chinese: 閻立本; pinyin: Yán Lìběn; Wade–Giles: Yen Li-pen) (c. 600 – 14 November 673 [1]), formally Baron Wenzhen of Boling (博陵文貞男), was a Chinese architect, painter, and politician during the early Tang dynasty. His most famous work, possibly the only genuine survival, is the Thirteen Emperors Scroll. [2]
Prosperous Suzhou (simplified Chinese: 姑苏 繁华 图; traditional Chinese: 姑蘇 繁華 圖; pinyin: Gūsū Fánhuá Tú), originally entitled Burgeoning Life in a Resplendent Age (simplified Chinese: 盛世 滋生 图; traditional Chinese: 盛世 滋生 圖; pinyin: Shèngshì Zīshēng Tú), is an 18th-century scroll painting created in 1759 by the Chinese court painter Xu Yang.