History of famous paintings - History of famous paintings

China's first full-scale painting history book. Ten volumes. Written by Zhang Yanyuan of the Tang Dynasty around 853 (the 7th year of the Great Era). It is a compilation of painting theory and history up to the end of the Tang Dynasty, with Zhang Yanyuan's knowledge added. It is an essential book for studying paintings from the Tang Dynasty and earlier, of which few remain. The format established by this book became the model for later painting history and painting theory books such as Toga Kenmonshi and Gakei. The first three volumes are general discussions, with the first volume covering four chapters such as the origins of painting, the rise and fall of collections, the Six Laws, and landscape, tree, and stone paintings; the second volume covering five chapters such as the brushwork of the four great masters (Gu Kaizhi, Lu Tanwei, Zhang Sengyao, and Wu Daoxuan), painting style and copying, value, appraisal and collection; and the third volume, consisting of five chapters, records seals and mountings from ancient times to the present, as well as murals in temples and Taoist temples in Chang'an and Luoyang at the time. Volumes four to ten are critical biographies of over 370 painters from ancient times to 841 (the first year of Huichang) of the Tang Dynasty.

[Shinya Hoshiyama]

"Tetsuo Taniguchi, editor, "Rekidai Meigaki" (1981, Chuokoron-Bijutsu Shuppan)" ▽ "Toshio Nagahiro, translated and annotated, "Rekidai Meigaki" (two volumes) (Heibonsha, Toyo Bunko)"

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中国最初の本格的画史書。十巻。唐代の張彦遠(ちょうげんえん)の撰(せん)で853年（大中7）ごろに成る。唐末までの画論、画史を集大成し、張彦遠の知見を加えたもの。ほとんど現存していない唐およびそれ以前の絵画について研究するには不可欠の書である。この書で創始された体裁は後の画史画論書『図画見聞志(とがけんもんし)』『画継(がけい)』などの範となっている。第三巻までは総論にあたり、第一巻は絵画の源流、収集品の興廃、六法、山水樹石画などの四章、第二巻は四大家（顧愷之(こがいし)・陸探微(りくたんび)・張僧繇(ちょうそうよう)・呉道玄）の用筆、画体・模写、価値、鑑識・収蔵など五章、第三巻は五章からなり、古今の印記・表装などのほか、当時の長安・洛陽(らくよう)の寺院・道観の壁画を記録する。第四巻から第十巻までは画家評伝で、古代から唐の841年（会昌1）までの370名余の画家について記している。

［星山晋也］

『谷口鉄男編『校本歴代名画記』（1981・中央公論美術出版）』▽『長広敏雄訳注『歴代名画記』全二冊（平凡社・東洋文庫）』

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