A Life of Brush and Bureaucracy In the early years of the Tang dynasty, a man named Yan Liben moved through the imperial halls of Chang'an with a dual identity that defined his very existence. He was a high official, a politician who climbed the ranks to serve as chancellor under Emperor Gaozong, yet his true essence resided in the tip of his brush. Born into a family where art and administration were inextricably linked, he learned the secrets of calligraphy and painting from his father, Yan Pi, a man who had served the Sui dynasty as a painter and official. This lineage provided more than j…
Diagram korpusa Yan Liben, razporejen ne po datumu, temveč po tematiki. Žice predstavljajo vsebino njihovih slik; prsteni označujejo čas; niti med zvezdami pa razkrivajo donatorje in mesta, ki jih v skrivnosti povezujejo.
Vsak krak atlasa zbira dela glede na to, kaj prikazujejo: portrete, svetovne scene, mitologije in znanstvene študije. Kliknite na polkraj, da ta skupina premakne na vrh.
Razdalja od središča označuje čas. Najnotranji prstan predstavlja najrannejše obdobje; najzunanji pa zadnje leta. S premikom proti zunaj se slog razvija.
Barvne črtice povezujejo dela, ki jih povezuje isti poklonilec, naročilo ali tema. Sledenite kontekstu in opazujte, kako se med različnimi temami osvetijo povezani skupki.