What is bird-and-flower painting in East Asia? | Emperor Huizong's Finches and Bamboo
Speaker: Dr. Cortney Chaffin Kim
The bird-and-flower genre of painting in East Asia
Explore bird-and-flower genre paintings in the history of Chinese art through an analysis of an ink painting titled Finches and Bamboo by Song dynasty emperor Huizong. The video discusses what constitutes a bird-and-flower painting (hint: it’s more than just birds and flowers!) and shows its transmission to Japan and Korea.
CHAPTERS
0:00 Introduction to Emperor Huizong’s Finches and Bamboo
0:32 What is a bird-and-flower genre painting?
1:23 Emperor Huizong and the Three Perfections
2:15 Huizong’s literal approach to flora and fauna
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