メトロポリタン美術館さんのインスタグラム写真 - (メトロポリタン美術館Instagram)「Ever used an online tutorial to learn a new skill? (Haven’t we all 🤓) Ya might just have more in common with aspiring painters in premodern China than ya thought. While artists in premodern China didn't have TikTok or YouTube, many were self-taught through manuals and treatises that expanded knowledge of painting. In 1679, publishers Shen Xinyu and Li Yu printed the first edition of the Mustard Seed Garden Manual of Painting. Produced in five volumes, it included sections on technique, trees, rocks, figures, and reproductions of works by famous painters. Nanjing painter Wang Gai was chosen to illustrate the book, and he did so by adapting a painting primer from an earlier artist. For an aspiring painter without access to a collection of their own, the Mustard Seed Manual and others like it were invaluable resources, offering a glimpse into the elite training available to painters of privilege. NOW ON VIEW—See pages from the Mustard Seed Garden Manual of Painting in the new rotation of works in the exhibition “Learning to Paint in Premodern China” now through January 7, 2024. 🎨 Wang Gai (Chinese, 1645–1710). Pages from the Mustard Seed Garden Manual of Painting, 1679. Woodblock print; ink and color on paper.」10月2日 10時55分