| Song Dynasty is the peak in the history of Chinese painting, especially the landscape painting achievement. As a representative of the numerous landscape painter of the Northern Song Dynasty, Li Cheng is a landmark figure of Chinese landscape painting. Based on the skills from his teacher GuanTong, Li focused on nature and formed his own style. Li painted the landscape in northern China with a horizontal and far composition of his picture. The crab claw texture and rolling cloud texture formed his special art style. What’s more, Li is also good at painting the winter forest in north, with limited ink but powerful skills. His special painting skills and art philosophy reached a new peak of landscape painting in the Northern Song Dynasty, after which Chinese landscape painting is becoming completely mature. Both his painting skills and philosophy have casted a great influence on the later world. No wonder Liu Daochun gave significantly high credit to Li’s work in Sheng Chao Ming Hua Ping. |