yun shouping
A Master of Blossoms and Breath Born in the turbulent year of 1633 in Wujin, Jiangsu province, Yun Shouping—often revered by his sobriquet Nantian—emerged from a period of profound historical upheaval. As the Ming Dynasty crumbled and the Qing era took hold, Yun found himself navigating a world in transition. Though born into an impoverished family that could not afford the formal education required for the civil service examinations, he did not allow circumstance to stifle his spirit. Instead, he turned inward toward the natural world, devoting himself to the pursuit of the three perfection…
The Subject Atlas
A chart of yun shouping's corpus mapped not by date but by subject. Spokes are what they painted; rings are when; and the threads between stars reveal the patrons and places that secretly connect them.
Spokes — Subject
Each arm of the atlas gathers works by what they depict: portraits, sacred scenes, mythologies, and the scientific studies. Click a spoke to swing that cluster to the top.
Rings — Career Period
Distance from the center marks time. The innermost ring is the earliest period; the outermost, the final years. Style matures as you move outward.
Threads — Shared Context
Coloured lines link works bound by the same patron, commission, or theme. Trace a context to watch related clusters light up across subjects.
