Wei Yan - Ien

…Trees are an important component of portraits, landscapes, and bird-and-flower paintings, and many painting techniques have been invented since ancient times. Wei Yan of the Tang dynasty painted a pine tree in the shape of a dragon, Zhang Shi painted a solitary and arrogant pine, Li Cheng and Guo Xi of the Song dynasty painted a strange cold forest that symbolized gentlemen, Mi Youren painted a rootless tree, Ma Yuan painted a pine tree with a wheelbarrow, and Ni Zan of the Yuan dynasty painted a sparse and desolate miscellaneous tree. The roots, trunks, branches, and leaves are also divided into various parts, and there were painting techniques such as roots with exposed roots, branches with antlers or crab claws, and leaves with dotted leaves or crusted leaves. …

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…樹木は人物･山水･花鳥画の重要な構成要素であり，古来多くの画法が発明された。唐の韋偃（いえん）は竜をかたどった松，張璪は孤高におごる松，宋の李成･郭熙は君子を象徴すると同時に奇怪な寒林，米友仁は無根樹，馬遠は車輪蝴蝶の松，元の倪瓚（げいさん）はまばらな蕭散とした雑樹をかいた。また根，幹，枝，葉の各部も多様に分かれ，根は露根，枝は鹿角，蟹爪，葉は点葉，夾葉などの画法があった。…

※「韋偃」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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