| The Yuan dynasty represented an important transitional period in the history of Chinese painting. Scholar-official painters represented by Zhao Mengfu in the early Yuan period rejected the Art Academy style and resumed the tradition of the Tang and northern Song dynasties. By advocating calligraphic charm in painting, they founded the Yuan style which stressed lingering charm and took rules lightly. During the middle and late Yuan, the literati Xieyi paintings became popular. " Four Masters of the Yuan" established typical style of literati landscape painting. |
