在两宋之前,历代帝王长相皆无人知,《历代帝王图卷》里的13位帝王,也大都属于写意作品,除非画家赋予的细节特征,帝王面貌也大抵相同。两宋帝王,已有宫廷画师据实画像,但写意的成分依然浓厚。蒙元帝王,沿袭宋式风格明清两代,帝王画像的写实性就很强了尤其清代康熙以后,先有擅长写实风格 Before the two Song dynasties, the ancient emperors did not have any appearances. The 13 emperors in the “Emperors of Ancient Emperors” also mostly belong to the freehand work. Unless the painters give details of the features, the emperors’ appearances are roughly the same. Two emperors, the court painter has been realistic portrait, but the content is still freehand thick. Mongolian monarch, followed the Song style Ming and Qing dynasties, the realism of the emperor portrait is very strong, especially after the Qing Dynasty Emperor Kangxi, first good at realistic style