成也萧何 败也萧何——解读盛懋及其绘画

Sheng Mao was an important landscape painter in the late period of Yuan Dynasty, learning from Dong and Ju. His style was minute and delicate, gaining great reputation at that time. However, his position was shaken since four maters of Yuan Dynasty grew up later. Anyway he is a great painter with unique style. The author draws an instructive opinion on his painting.     

漫谈界画

画史上对以表现建筑为主的古画，泛称“屋木”或“宫室”，宋代依其所用工具和以界尺引线作画的性质，称之为界画。界尺长约二尺，宽寸余，以上下两条直尺组成，芹右端有一连杆，可变化角度。槽尺做法乃剖开笔管成半圆，将毛笔夹在其中，依界尺而行。