Shitao

(noun)

(1641-1707) A Chinese landscape painter and poet during the early Qing Dynasty.

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Examples of Shitao in the following topics:

  • Individualist Painting under the Qing Dynasty

    • The art created by Shitao was revolutionary in its transgressions of the rigidly codified techniques and styles that dictated what was considered beautiful.
    • Reminiscences of Qin-Huai is one of Shitao's unique paintings.
    • Shitao is one of the most famous individualist painters of the early Qing Dynasty.
    • Like many of the paintings from the late Ming Dynasty and early Qing Dynasty, Shitao's Reminiscences of Qin-Huai deals with man's place in nature.
    • Explain how the work of Individualists of the Qing Dynasty, such as Shitao, deviated from the traditional rules of painting.