Artist: Yao Shou
Date: 1485
Size: 23 x 77 cm
Museum: The Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, United States Of America)
Technique: Paper
Yao Shou left government service in 1468 and retired to Jiaxing, hometown of the Yuan artist Wu Zhen (1280–1354), to devote himself to self-cultivation and the arts. Taking Wu Zhen"s paintings as his model, Yao Shou had an important influence on Suzhou (Wu school) artists through his friendship with the Suzhou amateur Shen Zhou (1427–1509).Yao"s round brush lines, vigorous dotting, and subtle ink washes in Drinking to the Accompaniment of Letters derive from Wu Zhen; the same vocabulary of brushstrokes forms the basis of Shen Zhou"s painting style. In subject matter, too, Yao"s focus on his garden retreat—represented by the Yuan convention of a thatched hut—presages Wu school artists" fondness for depicting the gardens and specific topographic sites where they gathered to create or appreciate poetry and paintings.
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