An Iconographic Study Of Wen Zhengming "Twelve Paintings Of The Humble Admlnstrator's Garden"

"Twelve Paintings of the Humble Admlnstrator's Garden" is the important landscape painting from Wen Zhengming painted in his later years.Compared with the"Thirty-one scenery of Humble Administrator's Garden" made in 1533,though "Twelve Paintings of the Humble Admlnstrator's Garden" was less in pages.However,as scholar Gao Juhan said,his artistic achievements may be higher than the "Thirty-one scenery of Humble Administrator's Garden".When Wen Zhengming again painted works of the same theme after eighteen years,he had new thinking and expression in artistic expression and implication.First of all,"Twelve Paintings of the Humble Admlnstrator's Garden" contains the endless memories and recollections of Wen Zhengming's friends.Second of all,it expresses his rethought of "seclusion ideal "in his later years.In addition,"Twelve Paintings of the Humble Administrator's Garden" presents a distinct impression of ancient classical schema in composition and image selection,and it is an unique way that Wen Zhengming used to construct his ideal of selfhood.Finally,since the middle period of the Ming Dynasty,the type of garden landscape painting has developed to a new peak."Twelve Paintings of the Humble Administrator's Garden" can be regarded as a typical representative of Ming Dynasty's literati's ideals.If you say that the "Twelve Paintings of the Humble Administrator's Garden" is an "art photo" tailored for Humble Administrator Garden.Then it also can be considered as a place where painter express their ego ideal and recall friends.