Wu Daozi

Examples of Wu Daozi in the following topics:

• Painting during the Tang Dynasty

  • The outstanding master in this field is Wu Daozi, who is referred to as the "Sage of Painting".
  • Wu's works include God Sending a Son and The Teaching Confucius, and he created a new technique of drawing known as "Drawing of Water Shield."
  • However, Wu Daozi used only black ink and freely painted brushstrokes to create ink paintings that were so exciting, crowds gathered to watch him work.

• Painting under the Ming Dynasty

  • These new conditions led to the rise of the Wu School of painting, a somewhat subversive style that revived the ideal of the inspired scholar-painters in Ming China.
  • Meanwhile, the Wu School (sometimes referred to as Wumen) became the most dominant school nationwide.
  • Suzhou, the activity center for Wu School painters, became the biggest center for Chinese painting during this period.
  • The Songjiang School grew to rival the Wu School, particularly in generating new theories of painting.
  • Identify the time period and innovations of the Zhe, Yuanti, Wu, Wongjang and Huating Schools of painting during the Ming dynasty.

• Architecture during the Six Dynasties Period

  • The Six Dynasties is a collective term for six Chinese dynasties during the periods of the Three Kingdoms (220–280 CE; also known as the Eastern Wu or the Cao Wei), the Jin Dynasty (265–420 CE), and the Southern and Northern Dynasties (420–589 CE, which include the Liu Song, Southern Qi, Liang, and Chen Dynasties).
  • The best surviving example of a monumental statuary from the Liang Dynasty is perhaps the ensemble of the Tomb of Xiao Xiu (475–518 CE), a brother of Emperor Wu, located in Qixia District east of Nanjing.
  • A green-glaze ceramic jar from the Three Kingdoms (or Eastern Wu) period with human figures, birds, and architecture, on display in the Nanjing Museum.

• Philosophy and Art of the Han Dynasty

  • However, the Han court under Emperor Wu gave Confucianism exclusive patronage.
  • Unlike the original ideology espoused by Confucius, Han Confucianism in Emperor Wu's reign was the creation of Dong Zhongshu (179–104 BCE).
  • In 136 BCE, Emperor Wu abolished all academic chairs (boshi 博) not dealing with the Confucian Five Classics, and encouraged nominees for office to receive a Confucian-based education at the Imperial University that he established in 124 BCE.
  • Han dynasty poetry was dominated by the fu genre, which achieved its greatest prominence during the reign of Emperor Wu.

• Ceramics and Bronze in the Shang Dynasty

  • With over 200 bronze ritual vessels and 109 inscriptions of Lady Fu Hao's name, archaeologists realized they had stumbled across the tomb of the militant consort to King Wu Ding, as described in 170 to 180 Shang oracle bones.
  • With over 200 bronze ritual vessels and 109 inscriptions of Lady Fu Hao's name, archaeologists realized they had stumbled across the tomb of the militant consort to King Wu Ding, as described in 170 to 180 Shang oracle bones.

• Painting during the Six Dynasties Period

  • The Six Dynasties period (220–589 CE) takes its name from the six ruling dynasties of the era: the Eastern Wu Dynasty (222–280), Jin Dynasty (265–420), Liu Song Dynasty (420–479), Southern Qi Dynasty (479–502), Liang Dynasty (502–557), and Chen Dynasty (557–589).

• Orthodox Confucian Painting under the Qing Dynasty

  • The Six Masters include the flower painter Yun Shouping, the landscape painter Wu Li, and the Four Wangs: Wang Shimin, Wang Jian, Wang Yuanqi, and Wang Hui.

• Calligraphy during the Six Dynasties Period

  • The Six Dynasties refers to the dynasties during the periods of the Eastern Wu Dynasty (222–280), Jin Dynasty (265–420), Liu Song Dynasty (420–479), Southern Qi Dynasty (479–502), Liang Dynasty (502–557), and Chen Dynasty (557–589).

• Architecture during the Tang Dynasty

  • The dynasty was interrupted briefly by the Second Zhou Dynasty (October 8, 690 – March 3, 705), when Empress Wu Zetian seized the throne, becoming the only Chinese empress to reign, ruling in her own right.