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“Flower- and- Bird Painting in Song and Yuan China: Continuation and Transformation.”

ZHAN Qian


Postdoctoral Scholar at 
Max-Planck-Institute for the History of Science

Abstract 
This talk examines flower-and-bird painting across Song and Yuan dynasties, focusing on three enduring subjects: orchids, bamboo, and plum. By comparing the formal distinctions between courtly and literati styles, it highlights the differing aesthetic priorities of the Southern Song court and literati communities. At the same time, by tracing broader shifts from the Song to the Yuan dynasty, the talk explores how political and cultural transformation shaped the evolution of this genre. It argues that while certain themes and visual conventions persisted, significant changes emerged in style, subject matter, and symbolic meaning, reflecting new artistic agendas in a time of dynastic transition.
 

Short bio:

Qian ZHAN is a postdoctoral scholar at the Max Planck Institute for the History of Science. She received her PhD in Art History from Freie Universität Berlin in 2025. Her research focuses on Song Yuan painting and the history of science during the late imperial China.

 

 

 

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