Guo Xi: Wenren Painter

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Guo Xi: Wenren Painter

Essay Question #2

November 17, 2003

Guo Xi is an important figure when comparing the scholars of the Song that use the mountain motif. Guo Xi’s exceptional ability to relate emotional mountain scenes to the ideals of Neo-Confucianism and represent the Emperor Shenzong adequately is amazing. He uses many images to convey man’s quest for li, the principal of the Way of Heaven in the paintings. Specifically in his painting titled “Early Spring” does Guo Xi inspire an instant aesthetic response and show his loyalty to the Emperor.

Upon first impression “Early Spring” is humbling because of the overpowering mountain. As “Poetry and Painting in Song China” states, the general appearance of the mountain is of “a great lord glorious on his throne and a hundred princes hastening to pay him court, without any effect of arrogance or withdrawal”. This shows the great power and high respect that everyone gives to the Emperor,...

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