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Jessica Montello Art 383 Prof. Kent Final Paper Shen Zhou Father of the Wu School During the Yuan Dynasty (1279-1368) painters had a great deal of freedom to cultivate individual styles. They birthed innovative approaches to painting that digressed from the earlier superficial style that painters of the Song Dynasty(1127-1279) had focused on. After the fall of the Yuan Dynasty, the Ming Dynasty(1368-1644) was established under the Hongwu emperor. He ordered all existing master painters to court where he would be able to slowly mold their individual styles to conform to the style of paintings done by Song masters. The style of the Ming court that resulted was known as the Zhe School. The Wu School far from the capital, which was moved to Bejing just after Hongwu's reign ended, and thus far from inperial influence, gave rise to a subversive style that prided individual style and championed scholar painting.(Liscomb 215-254) Shen Zhou is considered...

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