This set of works consists of 12 portraits measuring 184cm long and 89cm wide, depicting the daily life of a woman in Han costume throughout the year。Some experts believe that this set of pictures was removed from the enclosure of the Shenliu Reading Hall in the Old Summer Palace, and the original form was a screen;Some experts believe that this set of drawings is not a screen painting, but the size happens to be the same as the record of the screen painting。As for the identity of the person in the painting, it is more diverse: some people say that the imaginary lady, some people say that the queen is filial piety, and some people say that the Prince Yong...There is no agreement on whether the woman in the painting is one or several。Since the final conclusion can not be reached, then we may as well suspend these questions first, from the context and rhetoric of painting, without presupposition to examine the content and meaning of this set of works。
This painting appears in related research articles and books with different names,There are "Yongzheng Twelve Concubines Picture", "Portrait of Yong Zheng Princess", "Yong Prince's Book Hall deep residence Picture", "Deep Boudoy Quiet picture", "Qing leisurely quiet", "Beauty Picture", "Twelve beauty portrait", "Yin Zhen Concubine's Pleasure Picture", "Yongzheng Twelve Beauty Picture", "Deep Liu Reading Hall Beauty Picture" and so on,No authorship or title。The painting style is consistent with the style of several court painters at that time。
In terms of composition form,The painter cleverly took the image at a three-fourths Angle,The depth of the background and the frame are very tacit to set off the soft and graceful woman's body,It's subtly connected to the background,Make the viewer ignore the protagonist under the guidance of the picture lines,But directly into the atmosphere of the whole space,Its decorative meaning is very strong,Very engaging。
In terms of composition, an outstanding difference between Yin Zhen's Beauty Painting and the previous beauty paintings lies in their extensive use of "line painting", which is what the Chinese call the Western focal perspective。Take a painting from "Yin Zhen Beauty" as an example,Painting the Chinese man holding the plum blossom ice crack fan,Sit under the dried sycamore tree and taste the new tea,The open moon door behind him seemed like an invitation,Direct the viewer to look inside the door,A black lacquered gold bookcase peeks out of a corner,A path follows a delicate red railing,Further guide the viewer's gaze through the courtyard。It is obvious that what is captured in the picture is what the viewer sees before his eyes。