Wang Meng

Examples of Wang Meng in the following topics:

• Painting under the Yuan Dynasty

  • Wang Meng was a famous painter of the Yuan Dynasty, and one of his most famous works is the Forest Grotto.
  • Wang Meng and the great masters of the Yuan Dynasty exclusively painted landscapes, which they believed to be the visible key to the invisible reality.

• Orthodox Confucian Painting under the Qing Dynasty

  • The painting of the early years of the dynasty included such painters as the orthodox Six Masters, including the Four Wangs.
  • 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.
  • Wang Hui, Clearing Autum Sky over a Fishing Vilage, hanging scroll, ink and light colors on paper (1680)
  • Wang Hui and the three other Wangs dominated Orthodox art in China throughout the late Ming and early Qing periods.
  • Of the Four Wangs, Wang Hui is considered to be the best known today.

• Calligraphy during the Six Dynasties Period

  • One of these famous calligraphers was Wang Xizhi, who lived during the 4th century CE in the middle of the Jin Dynasty.
  • Wang Xizhi was traditionally referred to as the Sage of Calligraphy, and he is considered by many to be one of the most esteemed Chinese calligraphers of all time and a master of all forms of Chinese calligraphy, especially the running script.
  • The Lantingji Xu is a famous work of calligraphy by Wang Xizhi, composed in the year 353 CE.
  • Main text of a Tang Dynasty copy of Wang Xizhi's Lantingji Xu, by Feng Chengsu.
  • Throughout Chinese history, many copies were made of the Lantingji Xu, which described the beauty of the landscape around the Orchid Pavilion and the get-together of Wang Xizhi and his friends.

• The Eastern Han Period

  • When the Western Han period ended in 9 CE, the regent to the prior emperor, Wang Mang, proclaimed his own new dynasty, the Xin Dynasty.
  • A rebel army called the Chimei ("Red Eyebrows") developed out of the peasantry, and they defeated Wang Mang's armies and stormed the capital of Chang'an.
  • They killed Wang Mang and put their own puppet ruler on the throne.

• References

  • Wang, S. & Han, S. (2001).

• The Northern Song Era

  • After Fan was forced to step down from his office, Wang Anshi (1021–1086) became chancellor of the imperial court.
  • With the backing of Emperor Shenzong (1067–1085), Wang Anshi severely criticized the educational system and state bureaucracy.
  • Seeking to resolve what he saw as state corruption and negligence, Wang implemented a series of reforms called the New Policies.
  • Wang Anshi's "New Policies Group" (Xin Fa), also known as the "Reformers," were opposed by the ministers in the "Conservative" faction led by the historian and chancellor Sima Guang (1019–1086).
  • One of the prominent victims of the political rivalry, the famous poet and statesman Su Shi (1037–1101), was jailed and eventually exiled for criticizing Wang's reforms.

• References

  • ., & Wang, F. (2005).

• Philosophy and Art of the Han Dynasty

  • It was briefly interrupted by the Xin Dynasty (9–23 CE) of the former regent Wang Mang.
  • Philosophical works written by Yang Xiong (53 BCE – 18 CE), Huan Tan (43 BCE – 28 CE), Wang Chong (27–100 CE), and Wang Fu (78–163 CE) questioned whether human nature was innately good or evil and posed challenges to Dong's universal order.

• Theoretical Origins: Initial Theory of Conceptual Change

  • This Flash animation was designed and developed by Alissa Huelsman-Bell, Matt Lisle, Kathy Sanchez, Khang Sing, Miranda Storey, Lisa Strozier, and Chun-Min Wang.

• Painting and Other Forms of Art

  • Neoclassicism appears rather earlier in Germany than in France, with Anton Raphael Mengs (1728–79), the Danish painter Asmus Jacob Carstens (1754–98), and the sculptor Gottfried Schadow (1764–1850).