Skip to content

Dharma Documentaries

Dharma. Culture. Ecology.

Menu
  • Dharma
  • Culture
  • Ecology
  • Archives
  • About
Menu

James Cahill on Ch’an Painting, 2: Beginnings and Muqi Fachang

Posted on August 30, 2013October 26, 2013 by Dharma Documentaries
A second lecture on Ch'an painting in China by the distinguished art historian James Cahill.

Chinese-Painting-11d

This is the second of the talks by Professor Emeritus James Cahill I have chosen from his long series of lectures about Chinese painting for its discussion of Ch’an painting.

In today’s lecture he discusses the continuities and discontinuities of painting between the Academic and Ch’an style, before moving on to an examination of one of the most important of the Ch’an artists, the 13th century Muji (Mu-ch’i) Fachang.

In the first section we see some of the paintings of landscapes and other natural scenes, as well paintings of the sixteen arhats, which became a favorite theme with the Ch’an painters, and examples of the ox-herding paintings.

As with his teacher Liang Kai before him, Muqi is known for many of the most famous Chinese paintings, which have now become so ubiquitous they are almost anonymous, like the white-robed Kuan-yin.

He also painted more secular subkects, like cranes, gibbons and tigers, but it is the particularly Buddhist paintings, like the arhat paintings, which stand out in my mind.

 

if the video does not appear on the page, please first try reloading the page, and if that doesn’t work, leave a comment so I can update the page (the comment is not published)

 

to see an album of stills click here

 

TAGS:
Culture, Arts, China, Lectures, Paintings, Zen

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Comments do not appear straight away, but are moderated before publication

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Search

Subscriptions

Follow our Facebook Page Follow our Tweets Subscribe to our Feed

Subscribe by Email

Email


Shortlink and QR

https://dharma-documentaries.net/b/2ER

Donations

This site has taken more than a dozen years and 1000s of hours to build, and has 800+ documentaries on it. If you would like to help, you can do so here. Even small amounts make a difference.

Copyright

If anyone has any copyright claims please contact me at dharmadocus@gmail.com and the posts and films will be immediately removed.

Top Ten Tags

Theravada
Mahayana
Vajrayana

India
Silk Road
China
Tibet

Arts
Lectures
Rights

Related Posts

  • James Cahill on Ch'an Painting, 4: Sogenga and Ch'an Landscapes
  • James Cahill on Ch'an Painting, 3: Muqi's Six Persimmons
  • James Cahill on Ch'an Painting, 1: Liang Kai
  • A Revolution in Painting in the Yuan Dynasty
  • Bopearachchi, Spread of Gandhāra Art
  • The Heart of Taoism 6, A Great Beauty Without Form
  • China Cultural Heritage: The Iron Paintings of Wuhu
  • Zen, Japanese Arts and Culture
  • Chinese Treasures in Japan: Finding Muxi
  • Japan: Ink Painting, Landscapes of the Mind

Recent Posts

  • Tours of the Caves of Dunhuang
  • Angkor Wat, Ancient Hydraulic City
  • The Magical Mountain of Tibet
  • Lords of Water
  • Radioactive Waste, A Nuclear Nightmare
  • Beyond Boundaries, Buddhist Art of Gandhāra
  • The Story of Sudhana, Gallery, Level 4
  • The Story of Sudhana, Balustrade, Level 4
  • The Story of Sudhana, Balustrade, Level 3
  • The Story of Sudhana, Gallery 3, 45-88

Random Posts

  • Ajanta, the History and the Mystery
  • Secret Towers of the Himalayas
  • Laos (Expoza)
  • Art of Compassion
  • GMO A Go-Go
  • Lost Oasis on the Silk Road, Parts 7-9
  • Fuel by Josh Tickell
  • Blind Spot by Adolfo Doring
  • Mysteries of Ban Chiang (Folkways of Indochina)
  • The Nomadic Night
© 2023 Dharma Documentaries | Powered by Minimalist Blog WordPress Theme