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Lecture 5 - Five Dynasties Painting: Reliable Works

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Coordinates: 39°54′53″N 116°23′26″E / 39.91472°N 116.39056°E / 39.91472; 116.39056
The Forbidden City was the Chinese imperial palace from the Ming Dynasty to the end of the Qing Dynasty. It is located in the middle of Beijing, China, and now houses the Palace Museum. For almost 500 years, it served as the home of emperors and their households, as well as the ceremonial and political center of Chinese government.
Built in 1406 to 1420, the complex consists of 980 buildings and covers 720,000 m² (7,800,000 sq ft). The palace complex exemplifies traditional Chinese palatial architecture, and has influenced cultural and architectural developments in East Asia and elsewhere. The Forbidden City was declared a World Heritage Site in 1987, and is listed by UNESCO as the largest collection of preserved ancient wooden structures in the world.
Since 1925, the Forbidden City has been under the charge of the Palace Museum, whose extensive collection of artwork and artifacts were built upon the imperial collections of the Ming and Qing dynasties. Part of the museum's former collection is now located in the National Palace Museum in Taipei. Both museums descend from the same institution, but were split after the Chinese Civil War.

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Gu Hongzhong (Chinese: 顾闳中; pinyin: Gù Hóngzhōng) (937–975) was a Chinese painter during the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period of Chinese history.
Little is known about Gu Hongzhong's life. He was most likely a court painter for the Southern Tang Emperor Li Yu. Gu was active from 943 to 960 C.E. His most well-known work is the Night Revels of Han Xizai (韩熙载夜宴图). Gu's original no longer exist, the painting is survived in a 12th century remake (see below) of the subsequent Song Dynasty (960–1279); the painting is housed in the Palace Museum in Beijing.
The Night Revels of Han Xizai is a painted scroll depicting Han Xizai, a minister of Li Yu. This narrative painting is split into five distinct sections: Han Xizai listens to the pipa, watches dancers, takes a rest, plays string instruments, and then sees guests off. As with other scrolls, Gu's work is meant to be viewed right-to-left. The painting is approximately 333.5 centimeters (131.3 in) long and 28.7 centimeters (11.3 in) tall.
Gu Hongzhong was supposedly sent to pry on Han Xizai's private life per Li Yu's request. There are several versions of the story. According to one version, Han Xizai had refused Li Yu's offer to make him the prime minister. Curious, Li Yu wanted to know what was more desirable to Han Xizai than such a high position in his court. In another version, Han Xizai repeatedly missed early-morning audiences with the emperor because of his revelry, fondness of drinking and banquets with friends, and needed to be shamed into dignified behavior.

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Li Houzhu (Chinese: 李後主; pinyin: Lǐ Hòuzhǔ; literally "The Latter Lord Li") (937–978), also known as Houzhu of Southern Tang (南唐後主, literally "the latter lord of Southern Tang"), personal name Li Yu (李煜), né Li Congjia (李從嘉), courtesy name Chongguang (重光; pinyin: chòngguāng), posthumously known as Prince of Wu (吳王), was the last ruler of the Southern Tang Kingdom from 961 to 975 during the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms Period. He was also a well-known poet, even to the extent of having been called the "first true master" of the ci form. As a poet, he is generally known by his family name and his given personal name, that is as "Li Yu", rather than by the names or titles associated with his political involvement.
Li Houzhu’s father Li Jing, the second ruler of the Southern Tang, died in 961. Li ascended the throne in 961, accepting a role subservient to the Song Dynasty to the north; as the Southern Tang state at this time was, in many respects, little more than a regional ruler in the face of the growing power of the Song Dynasty.

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Lecture 5 - Five Dynasties Painting: Reliable Works

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Another period of political disunity bridging the brief gap (AD 907-960) between two long-lasting dynasties, the Tang and the Song, the Five Dynasties was nonetheless an age of great innovation in landscape and other painting. This lecture uses reliable works of the period and close copies for visual exploration of striking pictorial images that draw the viewer's eye into their intricate spatial systems.

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Lecture 5 - Five Dynasties Painting: Reliable Works

Another period of political disunity bridging the brief gap (AD 907-960) between two long-...

published: 30 Apr 2011

author: UCBerkeleyEvents

Lecture 5 - Five Dynasties Painting: Reliable Works

published: 30 Apr 2011
views: 944
author: UCBerkeleyEvents

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Gu Hongzhong (Chinese: 顾闳中; pinyin: Gù Hóngzhōng) (937–975) was a Chinese painter during the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period of Chinese history.

Little is known about Gu Hongzhong's life. He was most likely a court painter for the Southern Tang Emperor Li Yu. Gu was active from 943 to 960 C.E.^[1] His most well-known work is the Night Revels of Han Xizai (韩熙载夜宴图). Gu's original no longer exist, the painting is survived in a 12th century remake (see below) of the subsequent Song Dynasty (960–1279); the painting is housed in the Palace Museum in Beijing.^[2]

1 Night Revels of Han Xizai
2 Gallery
3 Parody of Night Revels of Han Xizai
4 See also
5 References
- 5.1 Notes
- 5.2 General sources
6 External links

[edit] Night Revels of Han Xizai

The Night Revels of Han Xizai is a painted scroll depicting Han Xizai, a minister of Li Yu.^[1] This narrative painting is split into five distinct sections: Han Xizai listens to the pipa, watches dancers, takes a rest, plays string instruments, and then sees guests off.^[3] As with other scrolls, Gu's work is meant to be viewed right-to-left. The painting is approximately 333.5 centimeters (131.3 in) long and 28.7 centimeters (11.3 in) tall.

Gu Hongzhong was supposedly sent to pry on Han Xizai's private life per Li Yu's request. There are several versions of the story. According to one version, Han Xizai had refused Li Yu's offer to make him the prime minister. Curious, Li Yu wanted to know what was more desirable to Han Xizai than such a high position in his court.^[3] In another version, Han Xizai repeatedly missed early-morning audiences with the emperor because of his revelry, fondness of drinking and banquets with friends, and needed to be shamed into dignified behavior.^[1]

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Half section of the Night Revels of Han Xizai, 12th century remake

[edit] Parody of Night Revels of Han Xizai

In 2000, artist Wang Qingsong created The Night Revels of Lao Li, a parody of The Night Revels of Han Xizai. Instead of a painting like the original, it is a photograph. The parody uses modern costume and references to comment on current Chinese culture.^[4] In 2008, artist Vincent J.F. Huang recreated the same storyline but his work depicts penguins, and the endangered penguins symbolize civilization threatened by environmental damages.^[5]

References [link]

Kurz, Johannes L. (2011). "Han Xizai (902-970): An Eccentric Life in Exciting Times", in Peter Lorge (ed.), The Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms. Hong Kong: Chinese University Press.
Lee, De-nin Deanna (2010). The Night Banquet: A Chinese Scroll through Time. Seattle, University of Washington Press, 2010.

Notes [link]

^ ^a ^b ^c The Private Realm of the Literati.
^ Ebrey, 148.
^ ^a ^b Han Xizai at Night Dinner Painting Depicts Extravagant Life.
^ NIGHT REVELS OF LAO LI
^ http://www.vincentjfhuang.com/

General sources [link]

Ebrey, Patricia Buckley (1999). The Cambridge Illustrated History of China. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-66991-X (paperback).

External links [link]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Night Revels

Private Realm of the Literati, Department of Education
Wang Qingsong on The Night Revels of Han Xizai
The Night Revels of Lao Li and Reviews
ChinaCulture.org on The Night Revels of Han Xizai

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[edit] Parody of Night Revels of Han Xizai

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