Confession of the Spirit——Artistic Interpretation of Shi Tao's Landscape Painting

Shi Tao is a famous landscape painter in the early Qing Dynasty,whose painting has an unique style.He removed the traditional style in which painters used to be restricted to the predecessors' style.Take every mountain as the craft;emphasing on creative subjects in the paintings,expressinging joys and sorrows of life course in the landscape.In his landscape painting,there is nostalgia for the old mountains and rivers;clear awareness of history,and pursuit of mystery of life and universe.reading Shi Tao's works,people will feel relaxed and open-minded.