Old-fashioned And New Style

Yuan Dynasty is a special era dominated by alien race, owning a unique socialbackground in Chinese history. Within this period, Ink Flowers and Birds Painting gotimproved entirely and prevailed greatly, which changed the early expression andaesthetic function of Ink Flowers and Birds Painting and made it into literati paintingto express lyrical and spiritually feelings. Wang Yuan, during this period, contributeda lot to ink flower and poultry painting, and then played an importantly transitionalrole in the historical trend which was bearing Southern Song Dynasty’s rhyme order,and connecting with Yuan Dynasty ink flower poultry’s mainstream. He turned thecolorful painting into the Ink Painting, released the brightly colored flowers and birdsfrom the shackles of color, and displayed the function of ink completely. His paintingwas modeled precisely on a realistic basis, performed by hooking, stroking, blushing,and dying that enriched the picture, and pursued an antique and elegant conception.His ink flower and poultry painting unfolded the transformation from the academypainting to impressionistic painting, created a new approach of painting style, andhad a very profound impact to painters in the same period or later.