INSIGHT
跟随海内外学者、专家和艺术家一起走进宋画，聆听“大咖”们如何从历史文化、绘画技法和构图，以及中西方美学的比较等角度，深度解读这些传世佳作。
Listen to scholars, experts and artists analyze paintings from the Song Dynasty. They will offer historical and cultural contexts, and break down painting techniques, aesthetics and the subject matter that was popular some 1,000 years ago.
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Understanding Song society from landscape paintingVisiting Professor，Peking University
Emeritus Professor，University of Michigan -
How was water recorded with realism in early paintings?Painter and Professor
China National Academy of Painting -
How good is a realistic Chinese landscape from a millennium ago?Author and Painter
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The ineffable grace and spirituality of Chinese landscape paintingVice Dean and Professor
School of Chinese Painting and Calligraphy
Central Academy of Fine Arts -
A day in the life of 'drunk cotton roses'Professor
The University of Tokyo -
Understanding a conflicting relationshipDean and Professor
School of Humanities
Central Academy of Fine Arts -
Is this a landscape painting or a figure painting?Research fellow
The Palace Museum -
How alive does the parakeet look in this Song Dynasty painting?Wu Tung Senior Curator of Chinese Art
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston -
How did Song Dynasty painters portray the spirit and form of nature?Associate Professor
Central Academy of Fine Arts -
How did ancient artist paint a poem?Visiting Professor，Peking University
Emeritus Professor，University of Michigan -
How a small piece of artwork became a model of Chinese Gongbi paintingProfessor
Central Academy of Fine Arts -
How to appreciate Song paintings from a natural history perspective?Associate Researcher
Sichuan University -
Who painted this Song Dynasty masterpiece?Research fellow
The Palace Museum -
What kind of philosophy is implied in this Song painting?Head of Department of Paintings and Calligraphy
Shanghai Museum -
What message do the underwater creatures in this painting convey?Lecturer,
the University of California, Santa Cruz -
How did an ancient artist show the four seasons of the West Lake?Painter
Connoisseur of Ancient Paintings and Calligraphy -
How did the ancients explore the world without leaving their homes?Professor
College of Fine Arts, East China Normal University -
How did the people of the Song Dynasty capture a dynamic moment within a painting?Deputy Head of Department of
Illustration and Comics
China Academy of Art -
Let's 'walk, gaze upon, wander and dwell' in this paintingAuthor and Painter
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An ancient scholar's reverence for landscapeVice Dean and Professor
School of Chinese Painting and Calligraphy
Central Academy of Fine Arts -
Infusing life in wildernessCurator of Chinese Paintings
Osaka City Museum of Fine Arts -
When a Chinese emperor picks up the brushVice Director
Department of Paintings and Calligraphy, Shanghai Museum
What message do the underwater creatures in this painting convey?
Lecturer, the University of California, Santa Cruz
Fish Swimming amid Falling Flowers is considered a creation of Song Dynasty artist Liu Cai (1080-1120). It depicts a vibrant aquatic world. What do the carefree fish symbolize? What kind of ecological idea do the interactions among aquatic plants, fish, and shrimps in the painting reflect? What does this inspire us to do today? Wang Gerui, lecturer at the University of California, Santa Cruz, provides insights.