Exploring the Impact of Neo-Confucianism on Material Art Through the Artistic Characteristics of Kesi in Song Dynasty

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Exploring the Impact of Neo-Confucianism on Material Art Through the Artistic Characteristics of Kesi in Song Dynasty

Yu Wu 1* , Chengzhe Wang 2
  • 1 University of Pennsylvania    
  • 2 University of Pennsylvania    
  • *corresponding author wuyu2019f@163.com
LNEP Vol.51
ISSN (Print): 2753-7056
ISSN (Online): 2753-7048
ISBN (Print): 978-1-83558-409-5
ISBN (Online): 978-1-83558-410-1

Abstract

The Song Dynasty was a period of great development in ancient Chinese art, including material art. Kesi, a type of material art is taken as an instance to explore how Neo-Confucianism influenced the development of art during the Song dynasty, a period marked by new developments in thought and culture. Neo-Confucianism impacted not only the political realm but also the art of painting, and further had a significant influence on the composition, coloring, and techniques of silk textile. The ornamental kesi taperstry paintings of the Song dynasty as a material artistry, similar with the style of flower and bird paintings of the period, focused on the realistic depiction of objects, using silk as a substitute for the brush. With image analysis, historical document research, and the corroboration between documents and physical objects, this article elucidates the artistic characteristics of kesi (silk tapestry) under the influence of the "investigation of things to extend knowledge" philosophy in Song dynasty.

Keywords:

material art history, Neo-Confucianism, kesi, painting, silk

Wu,Y.;Wang,C. (2024). Exploring the Impact of Neo-Confucianism on Material Art Through the Artistic Characteristics of Kesi in Song Dynasty. Lecture Notes in Education Psychology and Public Media,51,249-255.
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References

[1]. Yao, Yingting. (1995). Culture History of Song, p. 605.

[2]. Tong, Wene. (2009) Kesi in Song Dynasty: Flower and Bird Exhibition collection, p. 58-60.

[3]. Xu, Shucheng. (2000). Painting History of Song Dynasty, p. 69-104.

[4]. Zhu Xinyu, ed. (2009) Theory of Chinese Silk, p. 51

[5]. Loewe, Michael and Edward L. Shaughnessy. (1999) The Cambridge History of China: From the Origins of Civilization to 221 BC, p. 581.

[6]. Liu Xinru. (1998) Silk and Religion: an exploration of material life and the thought of people AD 600-1200.

[7]. Zhao Feng. (1999) Treasures in silk, p. 153.

[8]. Bray, Francesca. (1997) Technology and Gender: Fabrics of Power in Late Imperial China, Retrieved from https://www.jstor.org/stable/jj.5232966

[9]. Liu, Heping and Artibus, Asiae. (2003) Empress Liu’s Icon of Maitreya: Portraiture and Privacy at the Early Song Court, Artibus Asiae 63, no 2 (2003): 129-190.


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Wu,Y.;Wang,C. (2024). Exploring the Impact of Neo-Confucianism on Material Art Through the Artistic Characteristics of Kesi in Song Dynasty. Lecture Notes in Education Psychology and Public Media,51,249-255.

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Volume title: Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Social Psychology and Humanity Studies

ISBN:978-1-83558-409-5(Print) / 978-1-83558-410-1(Online)
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References

[1]. Yao, Yingting. (1995). Culture History of Song, p. 605.

[2]. Tong, Wene. (2009) Kesi in Song Dynasty: Flower and Bird Exhibition collection, p. 58-60.

[3]. Xu, Shucheng. (2000). Painting History of Song Dynasty, p. 69-104.

[4]. Zhu Xinyu, ed. (2009) Theory of Chinese Silk, p. 51

[5]. Loewe, Michael and Edward L. Shaughnessy. (1999) The Cambridge History of China: From the Origins of Civilization to 221 BC, p. 581.

[6]. Liu Xinru. (1998) Silk and Religion: an exploration of material life and the thought of people AD 600-1200.

[7]. Zhao Feng. (1999) Treasures in silk, p. 153.

[8]. Bray, Francesca. (1997) Technology and Gender: Fabrics of Power in Late Imperial China, Retrieved from https://www.jstor.org/stable/jj.5232966

[9]. Liu, Heping and Artibus, Asiae. (2003) Empress Liu’s Icon of Maitreya: Portraiture and Privacy at the Early Song Court, Artibus Asiae 63, no 2 (2003): 129-190.