72. 《云中的两条龙》,1885年`Two Dragons in Clouds, 1885 by Kano Hogai 高清作品[20%]

AF-Two Dragons in Clouds, 1885

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《云中的两条龙》,1885年-卡诺霍盖

-This highly naturalistic rendering of two intertwining dragons glistening amidst the clouds represents a bold experiment in adapting Western techniques to traditional Japanese ink painting. Kanö Högai derived the sense of depth and three-dimensional perspective seen here from the Western oil paintings that were newly introduced in late nineteenth-century Japan, while the subtle gradations of ink tones and calligraphic clarity of the lines reflect his training in Japanese brush painting. The subject of dragons was a popular one in Japanese painting, but the combination of an adult with a young dragon is unusual and may have been inspired by the mother and child theme that Högai was using in his Buddhist paintings, which in turn were based on Western depictions of the Madonna and Child. This dramatic, large-scale work was painted for Högai\'s friend and patron Ernest F. Fenollosa, an 美国艺术家 who encouraged the revival of the Kanö school of Japanese artists in the late nineteenth century.