MWW Artwork of the Day (4/2/22)Emperor Huizong (Chinese, 1082–1135) Pigeon on a Peach Tree (c.
MWW Artwork of the Day (4/2/22)Emperor Huizong (Chinese, 1082–1135) Pigeon on a Peach Tree (c. 1107-08)Ink and color on silkPalace Museum, BeijingEven the Chinese rulers were painters back then. Emperor Huizong was the eighth and one of the most famous emperors of the Song Dynasty of China, with a personal life spent amidst luxury, sophistication and art but ending in tragedy. Huizong was famed for his promotion of Taoism. He was also a skilled poet, painter, calligrapher, and musician. He sponsored numerous artists at his court, and the catalogue of his imperial painting collection lists over 6,000 known paintings. The primary subjects of his paintings are birds and flowers. A true “Renaissance Man,” he also invented the “Slender Gold” style of calligraphy and wrote the “Treatise on Tea,” the most detailed and masterful description of the Song sophisticated style of tea ceremony. -- source link
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