CHIN-PI SHAN-SHUI

Pinyin jinbi shanshui, English gold-bluegreen landscape, also called ch'ing-l-pai, English green, blue, white style of Chinese landscape painting during the Sui (581-618) and T'ang (618-907) dynasties. It was also employed by some conservative artists of later centuries. In this style, a rich decorative effect was achieved by the application of mineral colours to a fine line drawing. Among the early masters of chin-pi shan-shui were Chan Tzu-ch'ien and Li Ssu-hsn and his son Li Chao-tao, to whom the painting "Ming Huang's Journey to Shu" is sometimes attributed.