Research Of The Late Ming Dynasty’s Calligraphy And Painting Brokers

Painting and calligraphy brokers who first appeared in the Tang Dynasty played an important role in Chinese ancient painting and calligraphy transactions. Ancient painting and calligraphy brokers made great efforts on the circulation of ancient works, communication of artists and dissemination of painting and calligraphy. Therefore, we cannot ignore the existence and efforts of calligraphy and painting broker in order to acquaint a fully understanding of ancient Chinese painting calligraphy market. This dissertation takes the late Ming Dynasty painting calligraphy as object of study, mainly focus on the identify type, professionalism and business type to discuss. The way of survival and development condition is canalized, the effect of this group in the late Ming Dynasty’s calligraphy painting market and relationship with other elements in calligraphy painting market is explained, hoping to give a useful supplement to the study of ancient painting calligraphy market.