Michaelis Yunshan Study

During the long history of art development, regardless of the different time, different territory or different nation and culture, there is never a lack of schools of diverse forms. For the Chinese landscape painting, the style of"Mi's cloud and mountain", created by the father and son of Mi, is characterized by its unique aesthetic pursue and painting technique, elegant expressive spice, implicit appeal of the south of river, and elegantly enriched the profound Chinese landscape painting history. The aesthetic ideology he proposed which fits well with his painting practice and his art theory has great influence to all posterity. However, the"Mi's cloud and mountain"made its appearance not only by chance, but by some indispensable factors such as the inartificial and innocent scene and long painting history of the south of river, the special cultural context of the song dynasty and the joint effort of scholar-bureaucrats. This paper is intended to discuss the historical background of the creation of"Mi's cloud and mountains"and its artistic characteristics and impact upon the posterity.