Song Jinshi Map The Rise, Evolution And Artistic Influences

The development of Eigraphy in the Song Dynasty is the first peak period in Chinese history. There are a large number of outstanding Sinitic Epigraphy scholars who compiled many epigraphy books. Among them the Collection of Illustrations has the most research value both in academic and artistic aspects. The wide application of printing and rubbings technology in the Song Dynasty promoted the use of the image and the Collection of Illustration in cultural diffusion. Under the impact of the overall cultural strategy called "Retro the three dynasties", the vigorous development of image and the Collection of Illustrations is conclude by the people of Song dynasty with a retro meaning named "The Revival of Collection of Illustrations", and finally put forward a clear slogan called "Graphics Revival". In this environment, under the influence of the promulgation of "San Li Tu" and the direct promotion of Emperor Renzong in the early Northern Song Dynasty and accompanied with a large number of the excavated artifacts, the Epigraphy Collection of Illustrationsmap Renzong began to rise in the early Emperor Renzong period. As the rise of epigraphy late Renzong period, the Epigraphy and Collection of Illustration advance side by side into the rapid development channel, And eventually areaches its climax in late Northern Song Dynasty. After the event of Jingkang the epigraphy codification of the Illustrations is constrainted by the epigraphy research ethos and its research conditions then changed its development focus into stone Epigraphy Text Collections. From the Southern Song Dynasty due to the Neo-Confucianism officially became the orthodox of confucianist the epigraphy began to decline and the Collection of Illustration of Epigraphy academic gradually faded. The Collection of Illustration of Epigraphy not only made a great contribution to the rise and preserve of elegant atmosphere of Song Dynasty but also a important bond between elegant atmosphere and artistic production. The images which the Collection of Illustration of Epigraphy contains not only provided a reference to the artifacts modelled after antique but the epigraphy elements of these image also misappropriation and learn by the other arts. Furthermoret the Collection of Illustration of Epigraphy also had an powerful influence on seal character and official script at that time.