Development
Early Ming period
About 1368~1505, from the Hongwu Era (洪武) to Hongzhi Era (弘治).
The painting schools of the Yuan Dynasty still remained in the early Ming period but quickly declined or changed their styles. The painting styles which were developed and matured during the Yuan period, still heavily influenced the early Ming painting. But new schools of painting were born and grew. Zhe School and the school which was supported by the royal court (Yuanti School) were the dominant schools during the early Ming period. The scholar-artist style of painting (Renwen Painting, in Chinese: 人文画) became more popular. Both these two new schools were heavily influenced by the traditions of both the Southern Song painting academy and the Yuan scholar-artist.
Mid Ming period
About 1465~1566, from the Chenghua Era (成化) to Jiajing Era (嘉靖).
Classical Zhejiang School and Yuanti School declined. Wumen School became the most dominant school nationwide. Suzhou, the activity center for Wumen School painters, became the biggest center for the Chinese painting during this period.
The Wumen painters they mainly inherited the tradition of Yuan scholar-artist style of painting (Renwen painting, 人文畫) and further developed this style into a peak. Wumen School was a large group of people, including teacher-student relationship (e.g. Shen Zhou was the teacher of Tang Yin, Wen Zhengming and so on) and family relationship (e.g. Wen family, including painters Wen Zhengming, Wen Jia (文嘉), Wen Boren (文伯仁) and so on).
Xu Wei (徐渭) from Shaoxing, Zhejiang Province, he developed a lot the enjoyable style of Chinese painting (Xieyi painting, 寫意畫), especially the geart enjoyable style (Daxieyi, 大寫意). As an outstanding scholar, his accomplishments are mainly in the field of scholar-artist painting, especially in bird-and-flower painting.
Chen Chun (陳淳), although he followed the teaching from Wumen School of painting during his early years, he set up his own style in Shan-shuin painting (landscape painting, 山水畫); he formally introduced the enjoyable style into the Chinese landscape painting, and had his own innovation in ink and wash painting, especially in his long suit—the landscape painting.
Late Ming period
About 1567~1644, from the Jiajing Era (嘉靖) to Chongzhen Era (崇祯).
Songjiang School and Huating School were born and developed, they formed rudiment of latterly coming Shanghai School.
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