The Collections In Prince Gong's Mansion And The Research Of Pu Xinyu

The present dissertation reconstructs the activities and background of master Pu Xinyu'slife.It is a study based on different approaches,such as historiography and fine art studies,research on numerous literary sources and analysis of iconographic material.It relies oninformation about the works of art that in the course of history had been collected in thepalace of Prince Gong and those that are now preserved in the Prince Gong Palace Museum,as well as on sources about contemporary history of fine arts and memoirs related to thisartist.The iconographic material derives mainly from the collections of Prince Gong Palace,from those of other museums and from available publications of albums of paintings.Thepresentation of master Pu Xinyu's artistic output has been done on the basis of this type ofsources which have been approached in retrospective through iconography and history,andthrough a comparative study of style.On one hand,the stylistic features of the workspreserved in the Prince Gong Palace have been compared to other works by Pu Xinyu;onthe other,Pu Xinshe's creations have been assessed over against the artistic trends of thatperiod so as to appraise the unique value of Pu Xinyu's works.This dissertation is composed of six parts.The introduction lays out the main concepts towhich reference is made in the course of the study.In addition,it provides an overview ofthe state of research on master Pu Xinyu and delineates the main issues,the rationale,themethodology and the significance of this dissertation.The first chapter narrates PrinceGong Palace and Pu Xishe's early life experience.It describes the more thantwo-hundred-year old palace of Prince Gong,its crucial role within the historicaldevelopment of the Qing dynasty,as well as the influence it exerted on the life of PuXinshe who was born and grew in that palace.The point of the third part is researching thecontents of the calligraphy and paintings collected in Prince Gong palace and studying theform,subjects and inscriptions of Pu Xinyu's works.The fourth part is specially comparingthe early collections in Prince Gong's Mansion with Pu Xinyu's works in order to analyzehis styles of calligraphy,the effect from the Northern School of Painting and his uniquestyle after learning from many important art schools.The last part is analyzing his innerworld exposed form the formal styles in his old age according to the research of thecontemporary collections in Prince Gong's Mansion and life and travel after his moving inTaiwan.According the research above,we can come to the conclusion that Pu Xinyu is therepresentative of the most orthodox paintings in the first half of twentieth century.Heborn in the most honored Aishi Gioro family and had the best artistic attainments amonghis simultaneous family members.There is no influence form the west and the Fine ArtsRevolution in his paintings.He lives as the ancients all the time.His life is simple butinteresting,and his affective tone is lofty but amiable.His unique style of the calligraphy,painting and poem had set up a milestone for the Traditional Literati Painting.