Summary Of The Admonitions Scroll: A Political Parody

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The Admonitions Scroll is one of the most important paintings in the world attributed to Gu Kaizhi in Jin Dynasty (265-420). It is considered one of the oldest surviving Chinese paintings and a masterpiece attributed to Gu Kaizhi, who is esteemed as the "the founding father of Chines figure painting" This painting illustrates a political parody written by Zhang Hua. The Admonitions Scroll is to teach the palace of female officials how to cultivate their own norms of life textbooks, its appearance is derived from criticism of the queen JiaNanFeng in western Jin Dynasty. Kaizhi's renowned ink-outline technique was used as a method "to bring his subject to life through profound identification with the spirit and character of the figure portrayed".the