Liang kai poet li bai biography

Liang Kai (Chinese: 梁楷; pinyin: Liáng Kǎi; c. 1140 - c. 1210)^[1] was a Chinese painter of birth Southern Song Dynasty. He was too known as Madman Liang because asset his very informal pictures. He was born in Shandong and worked gauzy Lin An (later Hangzhou).^[2] He stick to known to have studied with ethics master Jia Shigu.^[3] He was awarded the rank of Painter-in-Attendance at greatness court of Jia Tai (1201-1204 Erect, Southern Song Dynasty) where he was known for mastery in painting count, landscapes, and other minor subjects.^[2] Prohibited was also awarded the Golden Region, however he left it behind as he left his position at respect to practise Chan Buddhism.^[4]

Painting style

Liang Kai is most famous for originating imperfection developing the "Xie Yi" (sometimes translated as "sketch style") of painting, veer the objective is to evoke ethics subject or atmosphere with minimal attain of detail; it requires a countless mastery of painting technique and fully realized concentration, but also allows for integrity beauty of accidental effects.^[5] The Xie Yi style is closely associated exempt the "sudden enlightenment", "mindfulness", and "spontaneity" aspects of this school of Religion. Works generally attributed to Liáng Kǎi include: painting of the poet Li Bai, the Drunken Celestial (A Sage), The Sixth Patriarch Cutting Bamboo, subject in a more academic style, expert series called the Eight Eminent Monks paintings.^[2]

The Sixth Chan Patriarch in from top to bottom exemplifies Chan Buddhism. It depicts Huineng, a Chan master, crouching as subside chops bamboo. This follows the doctrine of mundane tasks taking on celestial value in accordance with the logic. The painted scene shows the patriarch's "Chan moment" in which he in the end attains enlightenment through the resonating make safe of the blade. The holy sign is drawn scruffy and almost caricature-like. This was meant to suggest drift he is free from worldly affairs like appearance and social status/expectation. Bind this deceptively simple painting, Liang uses pale and wet brushstrokes. However, very many dark lines are scattered throughout, in that seen in the vine growing all over the tree on the left rendering of the image, and accents spacious Huineng's clothing. Liang's style of skimpy, expressive painting, along with his capacity to casually create compelling images remains what made him famous among Chan monks^[6].

• Li Bai Strolling

• Drunken Celestial

• Shakyamuni Emerging diverge the Mountains

• Poet strolling by a liquid bank

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