Zhao Mengfu

(noun)

(1254–1322) A Chinese prince and descendant of the Song Dynasty's imperial family, and a scholar, painter, and calligrapher during the Yuan Dynasty.

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Examples of Zhao Mengfu in the following topics:

  • Painting under the Yuan Dynasty

    • Zhao Mengfu was a Chinese scholar, painter, and calligrapher, whose rejection of the refined, gentle brushwork of his era in favor of the cruder style of the 8th century is considered to have brought about a revolution that created the modern Chinese landscape painting.

  • Philosophy and Art of the Han Dynasty

    • The Records of the Grand Historian by Sima Tan (d. 110 BCE) and his son Sima Qian (145–86 BCE) established the standard model for all of imperial China's Standard Histories, such as the Book of Han written by Ban Biao (3–54 CE), his son Ban Gu (32–92 CE), and his daughter Ban Zhao (45–116 CE).