明 胡正言 《十竹齋書畫譜》 四開 木版畫|Page from the Ten Bamboo Studio Manual of Painting and Calligraphy
first edition printed in 1633
Medium
Individual leaf from a printed book; ink and color on paper
Dimensions
9 15/16 x 11 9/16 in. (25.2 x 29.4 cm)
Classification
Prints
Culture & Period
China · Ming dynasty (1368–1644)
Department
Asian Art
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Rogers Fund, 1924
Accession Number
CP113
Art Historical Context
This exquisite leaf from Huyan’s *Ten Bamboo Manual of Painting and Calligraphy (1633) represents landmark in Chinese print during the late Ming dynasty. Hu, scholar, artist, and publisher, compiled the as an instructional guide for aspiring and calligraphers. delicate woodblock prints various brush techniques, compositions, color applications, preserving artistic in an accessible printed format at a time when-copied manuals were the normThe work’s artistic significance in its pioneering use multi-color woodblock printing, as *taoban*. Hu’s studio achieved remarkable by carving separate blocks...
About the Artist
Hu Zhengyan · 1584–1634
Hu Zhengyan (胡正言, c. 1584–c. 1674) was a Chinese artist, publisher, seal-carver, and printmaking innovator who lived through the turbulent transition from the Ming to the Qing dynasty. Born in Xiuning in Anhui province, he eventually settled in Nanjing, where he established his home and workshop on a hill within the northern city wall and named the property the Ten Bamboo Studio, or Shizhuzhai, af...