What is the historical value of The Riverside Scene at Qingming Festival?

1. In the form of long scrolls, the author uses the method of scattered perspective to bring complicated scenery into a unified and changeable picture. The distance between the bridge on the wall and the house, the size of the grass, cows, donkeys and camels, as well as residents, pedestrians, boats and cars, are full of gestures and countless records. The whole painting is magnificent, rigorous in composition and meticulous in brushwork, which fully shows the painter's profound insight into social life and superb artistic expression ability.

2. The Riverside Scene at Qingming Festival is not only a treasure of realistic painting art, but also provides us with first-hand information on detailed images of cities such as commerce, handicrafts, folk customs, architecture and transportation in the Northern Song Dynasty, which has important historical document value. Its rich ideological connotation, unique aesthetic perspective and realistic expression techniques make it regarded as a classic in the painting history of China and even the world.

Characteristics of Riverside Map on Qingming Festival based on extended data;

The structure is rigorous, complicated but not chaotic, long but not redundant, and the paragraphs are clear. What is commendable is that such rich and colorful content, prominent theme, echo from beginning to end, the whole volume is seamless. Every figure, scene and detail in the painting are arranged reasonably, and the relationship between the pictures, such as density, simplicity, movement, gathering and dispersion, is handled properly, so as to be complex but not miscellaneous, but not chaotic. It fully shows the painter's profound insight into social life and superb ability to organize and control pictures. From the content, this painting belongs to genre painting and also has the characteristics of genre painting.

Skills and technology

In terms of technique, the combination of big hand and fine hand brushwork. Be good at choosing things, scenes and plots that are vivid and poetic and have essential characteristics to express. Observe life very carefully and portray every character and prop. Everyone has his own identity, way and plot. Buildings, bridges and other buildings are rigorous in structure and detailed in description. Cars, horses and boats cover everything, so we should be small without losing the whole picture and its potential. For example, the objects on the ship, the way of nailing and riveting, and even the method of tying the rope are all explained clearly and magically.

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