Works:
Map of Qin Qin
This piano picture is one of the reproductions of the Song Dynasty. Although this picture is not as famous and representative as the goddess Luo, it still highlights the unique style of Gu Kaizhi. This painting depicts the scene of an ancient scholar making a piano.
A picture of women's history
"Women's history" refers to court women, and "persuasion" refers to persuasion. At the beginning of Jin Dynasty, when Hui Di was in power, his family was very jealous and treacherous. Zhang Hua, a scholar, took the stories of the sages of past dynasties as a warning, and was regarded as a famous piece at that time. Gu Kaizhi, a talented painter, divided this famous piece into several paragraphs, painted it paragraph by paragraph, and inscribed it on the edge of the painting, thus producing a famous piece in the history of China, The Picture Scroll of Women's History.
There are two silk books, The Picture of Women Historians and Treasures, one of which is in the Palace Museum. Experts believe that it is an imitation of the Southern Song Dynasty, and its artistry is poor. Another book is more artistic, which can better reflect Gu Kaizhi's painting style and the original appearance of a woman's history. Experts think it may be a copy of the Tang Dynasty. It was originally hidden in the Qing Palace, but it was a pity that the poor were weak and the national treasure suffered. The replica is kept in the British Museum in London, England.
Lo River Map
China is one of the top ten famous paintings handed down from generation to generation. The original volume "Luoshen Fu Tu" was painted by Gu Kaizhi, a famous painter in the Eastern Jin Dynasty (Song Mo). It is a silk book with a length of 27. 1cm and a width of 572.8cm. This painting is based on Cao Zhi's famous "Luoshen Fu" and is a masterpiece handed down by Gu Kaizhi. The whole volume is divided into three parts, which describes the sincere and innocent love story between Cao Zhi and Luo Shen in a tortuous and detailed way. This picture scroll is worthy of being one of the treasures of China's classical painting in terms of content, artistic structure, figure modeling, environmental description and pen and ink expression.
Gu Kaizhi's paintings include Sima Xuan, Xie An, Liu Laozhi, Wang Anqi, Ruan You, Ruan Xian, Sima Xuan's "The King of Chu and the Prince of Wang Wei", Guiyang's "Wang Meiren", boating, tigers and leopards and so on. Gu Kaizhi's original works have not been preserved.
According to legend, there are manuscripts of Gu Kaizhi's works, such as A History of Women, A Picture of Luoshen and A Picture of Women's Benevolence and Wisdom. A woman's history and a light-colored silk replica are kept in the British Museum in London, England. Most people think it is a copy of the Tang Dynasty.
Personal achievements:
Good at poetry and prose, especially painting. Good at figure painting, historical figures, Taoism, animals, landscapes and other themes. Painted characters advocate vivid expression, pay attention to the finishing touch, and think that "vivid depiction is in the process of covering the eyes".
Paying attention to describing physiological details, expressing characters' expressions, painting Pei Kai's image, and adding three points to his cheeks, I suddenly felt radiant. Good at using environmental description to express the interest and expression of characters. Drawing Xie Kun in the canyon highlights the interest of the characters. The clothes lines he painted are made of Gu You Si Miao, and the lines are tight and continuous, such as spring silkworms spinning, spring clouds floating in the air, and running water running on the ground, which is natural and smooth.
Gu Kaizhi has also made outstanding achievements in painting theory. There are three painting theories today: Wei Jinsheng's Painting Praise, On Painting and Painting Yuntai Mountain. He put forward some viewpoints, such as the theory of vivid expression, the theory of nourishing the spirit with form, and the theory of thinking wonderfully. He advocated that painting should express the mental state and personality characteristics of characters, attach importance to the experience and observation of objects, grasp the internal essence of objects through thinking wonderfully, and write the spirit with form on the basis of shape. Gu Kaizhi's painting and his theory laid the foundation for the development of traditional painting in China.