古代春宫图是以性为主题的绘画作品,又被称为春宫画或秘戏图。这些画作在中国历史上有着悠久的传统,展现了古人对性爱的描绘和表达。下面介绍了中国十大古代春宫图。
首先是《风流绝畅图》。这幅画作于明朝天启四年(1624年)创作,后来被列入《禁书总目》并被严禁刻印,只有原刻本传世。
接下来是《胜蓬莱》。这幅画有十五幅,使用黑、蓝、红、绿四种颜色印刷,创作于明朝隆庆年间(1567-1572年),是明末春宫图册的早期作品之一。
《江南销夏图》被认为是明代套色春宫画的最后一部典型作品。创作年代大约在1640至1650年之间,是已知大尺寸春宫套色版画的最后一部作品。这套画作技法娴熟,富有创意,人物形态准确细腻,对环境的描绘也独具匠心。
《退食闲宴》是明代画家唐寅的作品,现存的是摹本。唐寅的春宫画非常有名,传世的临摹本有《退食闲宴》、《竞春图卷》、《花阵六奇》等,明代流行以唐寅等画家的春宫图为蓝本的各种临摹本。
《竞春图卷》是明代唐寅的作品之一,也被称为《竞春图》。现存的刻本色彩艳丽,装饰华丽。
《熙陵幸小周后图》是一幅由无名氏绘制的春宫图。小周后是南唐后主李煜的第二任皇后,她的美貌令宋太宗为之倾倒,甚至命令画师为她绘制春宫图。这幅画作在1949年后被带到台湾,现保存在台湾历史博物馆。
《尝后图》是南宋末年的一幅春宫图,由无名氏绘制,描绘了南宋大将孟珙侮辱金国皇后的情景。这幅画作在元朝后期失传。
《花营锦阵》是晚明时期的木刻版画,共有二十四幅图。这套画册后来流传到日本,被日本浮世绘画家收藏,成为了日本浮世绘版画的实际取材标本。
《春宵秘戏图》是唐代大画家周昉的作品,据记载是中国最早的春宫画之一。这幅画描绘了唐明皇和杨太真在一处幽房中恩爱的场景,旁边有两位女官忙碌地帮忙,还有两位侍女在一旁侍立。
最后是明朝文人群玉斋所作的《青楼剟景》。这是一本图解性书籍,共有20幅图,描绘了春闱里男子和女子的情爱私事,是当时怀春少女和思情少年深夜必读的书籍之一。
这些古代春宫图作品展现了古人对性爱的描绘和表达,不仅艺术价值高,也反映了古代社会的性观念和审美观念。虽然这些作品在历史上曾被严禁,但它们的存在和保存为我们了解古代文化和艺术提供了重要的资料。
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Ancient Spring Palace paintings are paintings with a theme of sex, also known as Spring Palace paintings or secret play paintings. These paintings have a long tradition in History of China, showing the ancients' depiction and expression of sex. The following is an introduction to the top ten ancient Chinese Spring Palace maps.
Firstly, there is the 'The Painting of the Flowing Wind'. This painting was created in the fourth year of the Tianqi reign of the Ming Dynasty (1624) and later included in the "General Catalogue of Forbidden Books" and was strictly prohibited from being printed. Only the original engraved version has been passed down.
Next is' Winning Penglai '. This painting consists of fifteen pieces, printed in four colors: black, blue, red, and green. It was created during the Longqing period of the Ming Dynasty (1567-1572) and is one of the early works in the late Ming Dynasty Spring Palace Atlas.
The painting 'Jiangnan Selling Summer' is considered the last typical work of the Ming Dynasty's chromatic spring palace painting. Created between approximately 1640 and 1650, it is the last known large-scale Spring Palace color printing work. This set of paintings is skilled and creative, with accurate and delicate character forms, and unique descriptions of the environment.
Returning to Food for a Leisure Feast "is the work of Tang Yin, a painter of the Ming Dynasty, and the surviving work is a replica. Tang Yin's Spring Palace paintings are very famous, with copies passed down from generation to generation such as "Returning to Food for a Leisure Feast", "Competing Spring Picture Scroll", "Six Wonders of Flower Formation", etc. Various copies based on Tang Yin and other painters' Spring Palace paintings were popular in the Ming Dynasty.
The "Jingchun Tujuan" is one of the works of Tang Yin in the Ming Dynasty, also known as the "Jingchun Tu". The existing engravings are brightly colored and adorned with magnificent decorations.
The painting of the Empress Xiaozhou in Xiling is a spring palace painting by an anonymous family. After Xiao Zhou, she was the second Empress Ren of Li Yu, the queen of the Southern Tang Dynasty. Her beauty charmed Emperor Taizong of the Song Dynasty, and even ordered painters to draw a picture of the Spring Palace for her. This painting was taken to History of Taiwan after 1949 and is now kept in the Taiwan History Museum.
The 'Tasting the Afterward Picture' is a spring palace painting from the late Southern Song Dynasty, painted by an anonymous family, depicting the scene of the Southern Song general Meng Gong insulting the Empress of Jin. This painting was lost in the late Yuan Dynasty.
"Flower Camp Brocade Array" is a Woodcut in the late Ming Dynasty, with a total of 24 pictures. This album later spread to Japan and was collected by Japanese Ukiyoshi painters, and became the actual sample of Japanese Ukiyo-e prints.
The "Spring Festival Secret Opera Painting" is a work by the great Tang Dynasty painter Zhou Fang, and is recorded as one of the earliest spring palace paintings in China. This painting depicts the scene of Tang Minghuang and Yang Taizhen falling in love in a secluded room, with two female officials busy helping and two maids standing by.
Finally, there is the "Scenery of Blue Mansions" written by the Ming Dynasty literati group Yuzhai. This is an illustrated book with a total of 20 images depicting the love and personal affairs of men and women in the Spring Festival. It was one of the mandatory books for young girls and nostalgic teenagers to read late at night.
These ancient Spring Palace paintings showcase the depiction and expression of sexual love by ancient people, not only with high artistic value, but also reflecting the sexual and aesthetic concepts of ancient society. Although these works have been strictly prohibited in history, their existence and preservation provide important information for us to understand ancient culture and art.