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The blue-green shan shui (simplified Chinese: 青绿山水; traditional Chinese: 青綠山水; Pinyin: Qīng-Lǜ Shān-Shuǐ.), is a Chinese painting style of "Shan shui". It tends to refer to an "ancient style" rather than modern ones. The main colours of the paintings are blues and greens, and in the early period it was painted using mineral dyes. It's said this style was first formulated by Li Sixun (simplified Chinese: 李思训; traditional Chinese: 李思訓; Pinyin: Lǐ Sī-Xùn ), a general, politician and famous painter in Tang Dynasty.
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History and sub-styles
Similar styles appeared before the Tang Dynasty, especially in the period of the Six Dynasties. Many historic records show that Li father and sons - Li Sixun (father) and Li Zhaodao (son, Chinese: 李昭道; Pinyin: Lǐ Zhāo-Dào, son of Li Sixun), largely developed the painting techniques and formulated the style.
There are mainly two styles of this painting:
Schools
Tang Dynasty:
Late Northern Song Dynasty:
Yuan Dynasty, Ming Dynasty and Qing Dynasty:
Quotations
ZHANG Geng (simplified Chinese: 张庚; traditional Chinese: 張庚; Pinyin: Zhāng Gēng) in Qing Dynasty, said:
TANG Hou (simplified Chinese: 汤垕; traditional Chinese: 湯垕; Pinyin: Tāng Hòu) in Yuan Dynasty, said: