Zhang Zeduan
Zhang Zeduan (1085–1145), courtesy name Zhengdao, was a Chinese painter of the Song dynasty. He lived during the transitional period from the Northern Song to the Southern Song, and was instrumental in the early history of the Chinese landscape art style known as shan shui. He is known for painting Along the River During the Qingming Festival.
Also recorded as Chang Tse-tuan
Zhang Zeduan
Zhang Zeduan · Image:Alongtheriver QingMing.jpg · Public domain
- Born
- 1085
- Died
- 1145
- Nationality
- Chinese Empire
- Occupation
- painter · artist
- Fields
- landscape painting
- Known for
- Along the River During the Qingming Festival
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• T — 張擇端 • S — 张择端 • P — Zhāng Zéduān • J — zoeng1 zaak6 dyun1 • Y — Jēung Jaahkdyūn • Ci — oeng • W — Chang 1 Tse 2 -tuan 1 • Bpmf — ㄓㄤ ㄗㄜˊ ㄉㄨㄢ • Altname — Courtesy name • P2 — Zhèngdào • W2 — Cheng 4 -tao 4 • Bpmf2 — ㄓㄥˋ ㄉㄠˋ • J2 — zing3 dou6 • Y2 — Jingdouh • C2 — 正道 • Myr — Zhāng Zé-Dwān • Myr2 — Jèng-dàu • Illustration — Detail of the original Along the River During the Qingming Festival by Zhang Zeduan, early 12th century • Illustration — Details of the painting Along the River During the Qingming Festival, the 18th century remake. • Illustration — Games in the Jinming Pool Zhang Zeduan (1085–1145), courtesy name Zhengdao, was a Chinese painter of the Song dynasty. He lived during the transitional period from the Northern Song to the Southern Song, and was instrumental in the early history of the Chinese landscape art style known as shan shui. He is known for painting Along the River During the Qingming Festival.
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The full dated record · 2 entries
1085
Zhang Zeduan born at Zhucheng.
1145
Zhang Zeduan died.
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- Gemeinsame Normdatei 1089636512, Zhang, Zeduan.
General reference · Deutsche Nationalbibliothek
- Getty Union List of Artist Names 500125727, Zhang Zeduan.
General reference · The Getty Research Institute
Institutional database
- Wikidata, structured authority record Q197342: Zhang Zeduan
Scholarly · Wikimedia Foundation
scholarly publication
- Zhang Zeduan, Benezit Dictionary of Artists, 2011
Scholarly · Crossref registry · 2011
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- 1.881.
- 2.Cité in Susan Bush & Hsio-yen Shih, Early Chinese Texts on Painting (Cambridge: Harvard Yale University Press University Press, 1985), III.
- 3.102.
- 4.104.
- 5.(Note 18) Cité par Valérie Hansen dans sa récente étude du rouleau: The Beijing Qingming Scroll and Its Significance for the Study of Chinese History (Albany: Journal of Sung-Yuan Studies, 1996), 3.
- 6.Comme le remarque Valérie Hansen dans l'ouvrage cité à la note 18, le sujet de ce rouleau n'est certainement pas la fête de Qingming, puisque aucune des activités de cette fête n'est représentée. Hansen suggère une date plus proche de l'époque de rédaction du colophon de Zhang Zhu, en 1186, en établissant une comparaison avec les peintures murales du Yanshansi, dans la province du Shanxi, datées de 1167. Ce qui situe la date du rouleau entre 1060 et 1160.
- 7.105.
- 8.Les relations entre l'art et le développement économique à la période Song sont le sujet d'une thèse de doctorat écrite à l'Université de Yale par Heping Liu
Bibliography printed in the source article · 2
- Dictionnaire des peintres,sculpteurs, dessinateurs et graveurs. éditions Gründ. 14. 1999. 2-7000-3024-9.
- Trois mille ans de peinture chinoise. Éditions Philippe Picquier. 1997. 2-87730-341-1.
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Wikidata, structured authority record Q197342: Zhang ZeduanWikimedia Foundation
Institutional witnessscholarly publication
Zhang Zeduan, Benezit Dictionary of Artists, 2011Crossref registry
Institutional witnessauthority file
Gemeinsame Normdatei 1089636512, Zhang, Zeduan.Deutsche Nationalbibliothek
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Getty Union List of Artist Names 500125727, Zhang Zeduan.The Getty Research Institute
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