Shitao, the artist with ill retinas. Philosophical painting of «the bitter pumpkin monk»
The personality of Shitao (1642-1707), Chinese painter active during the beginning of Qing dynasty, deserves to be figured out by the comparison of his own particular life, his artistic work, – above all in the phase of its full utterance, – and the philosophical thoughts that he has revealed in his...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | Italian |
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Università degli Studi di Milano
2015-11-01
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| Series: | Nóema |
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| Online Access: | https://riviste.unimi.it/index.php/noema/article/view/6489 |
| Summary: | The personality of Shitao (1642-1707), Chinese painter active during the beginning of Qing dynasty, deserves to be figured out by the comparison of his own particular life, his artistic work, – above all in the phase of its full utterance, – and the philosophical thoughts that he has revealed in his Dialogues on painting. By the union of all these features, Shitao has laid down a link between the «one-brushstroke» and the holistic fusion of his Spirit with Nature. |
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| ISSN: | 2239-5474 |