Abstract

Ancient Chinese landscape painting and landscape garden have very close historical ties. Knowing the relationship helps us to further understand the development process of the two. By analyzing relatively independent dynasties, this text expounds in detail the process of their birth, growth, prosperity and mutual influence, which helps to clarify the context of their development and understand the inevitable occurrence of some relevant historical trends.

Highlights

  • Chinese landscape painting and Chinese landscape garden, as a part of Chinese social and cultural life, are supported and controlled by the overall culture of Chinese society

  • After understanding the historical process of the social development and overall culture, can we have the opinion of some inevitability of the creation and development of the two artistic forms

  • Chinese garden art has a long history and can be traced back to ancient times. It has been three thousand years since the earliest recorded in history of Lingyu of West Zhou Dynasty in 11th century before Christ, which was a place for the ancient emperors and noble people for hunting and recreation

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Summary

Rudimentary period of Qin and Han Dynasty

Chinese garden art has a long history and can be traced back to ancient times. So far it has been three thousand years since the earliest recorded in history of Lingyu of West Zhou Dynasty in 11th century before Christ, which was a place for the ancient emperors and noble people for hunting and recreation. Such private gardens had been developed considerably, as Zhang Wei’s Hualin Garden in North Wei Dynasty, Shi Chong’s Jingu Garden in West Jin Dynasty, etc These private gardens in artistic grandeur were no better than those royal gardens, according to records, the beauty of natural landscape could be praised more than enough. It deeply tapped the emotional implication of nature and arrived at the realistic realm owing to great painter’s creative techniques. The west capital of Song Dynasty had smaller number of gardens compared with Bianliang

Mature period—the Ming and Qing Dynasties
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