内容简介
ThisworkroughlydividesWangYuanqi\'sartintothreemainperiods.Firstly,theperiodbefore1670whenheremainedchieflyinhishometown,Taicang,where,underdirectsupervisionofhisgrandfatherWangShimin,hereceivedstricttrainingasaliteratipainterfromhisearlyyears.Subsequently,theperiodfromtheearly1670stothelate1690sconstitutedthelongformativestageofWangYuanqi\'spersonalart.Hispaintingsfromthisstagearestillheavilymodeledonworksbyoldmasters,butatthesametime,itisclearthatheslowlyformulatedanewapproachtocompositionandbrushworkinlandscapepainting.Fromthelate1690sto1715,inthewakeofhisenhancedstatusatcourt,Yuanqi\'sartgraduallyreacheditsmaturity,andnewelementsandtechniquesbecomeevidentinhiswork.Thisthirdperiodalsosawthegradualestablishmentandconsolidationofhisauthorityovermostartisticcreationandcriticismintheworldofart.