| Summary: | 碩士 === 國立臺灣藝術大學 === 書畫系造形藝術碩士班 === 106 === Sheng Mao, courtesy name Zi Zhao, was an artist born in Jiaxing in the Yuan dynasty. The years of his birth and death were not clearly stated in any of the historical records, but he was probably active in the same time period as the other painter Wu Chen. As a professional but not a literati painter, Sheng was not well-recognized by art historians of his time. They praised Wu and criticized Sheng’s works for “not being delicate enough and excessively focused on the techniques”.
This thesis is an analysis on all of the currently remained artworks of Sheng Mao. While noting the development of the Blue and Green Landscape painting, it looks deeply into his works after an introductory discussion on his personal and educational backgrounds as well as records that mentions about him. Then it compares Sheng’s works against those of Wu Chen and other notable painters of his time, so to really understand Sheng’s style and his influence to later artists. As painters from the Ming and Qing dynasties, particularly Dong Qichang, have widely discussed about Yuan paintings, this thesis intends to properly appraise Sheng’s works and his achievements through a comprehensive analysis. This thesis concludes that even though Sheng’s artistic achievements as well as his influence to later artists may make him not being on par with the Four Masters of the Yuan dynasty, his talent in both professional painting and literati painting definitely had made him one of the prominent artists in the Yuan period.
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