These pictures could be made in great quantity and featured popular scenes that appealed in particular to the wealthy townspeople of the period.
Xu You and Chao Fu Okumura Masanobu 18th century Yukihira and Two Brinemaidens
Scholars increasingly turned to the arts, the study of which was considered a path to the cultivation of the moral self.
Apricot Garden Xie Huan ca. 1437 Poem Written in a Boat on the Wu River Mi Fu
The Met presents over 5,000 years of art from around the world for everyone to experience and enjoy.
Cantwell, and Sharon Wee and Tracy Fu.
The Met presents over 5,000 years of art from around the world for everyone to experience and enjoy.
James Park, the Carol Shuster-Polakoff Family Foundation, and Sharon Wee and Tracy Fu
The Met presents over 5,000 years of art from around the world for everyone to experience and enjoy.
Wattis Foundation Sharon Wee and Tracy Fu Barrie A. and Deedee Wigmore Foundation
The Met presents over 5,000 years of art from around the world for everyone to experience and enjoy.
Weber Sharon Wee and Tracy Fu Shelby White Dian Woodner Akiko Yamazaki and Jerry
“In the second half of the sixth century, China, long divided into north and south, is further subdivided into the northwestern and northeastern regions ruled by different factions of the once-powerful Northern Wei empire. The reunification of China under the subsequent Sui and Tang dynasties initiates a period of prosperity, trade relations, and far-reaching influence. Chang’an, the capital, is one of the largest and richest cities in the world. Art and literature flourish, reflecting influences from the different cultures with which China maintains diplomatic and trade relations. In addition to painting and calligraphy, Tang is noted for its Buddhist sculpture, metalwork, and ceramics, both brightly glazed tomb figures and white-bodied vessels. After the fall of the dynasty in 907, China is once again divided into north and south, ruled by competing dynasties and kingdoms.”
Masters include Li Bo (701–762), Du Fu (712–770), Bai Jui (772–846), and Gao Shi
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Fong, Wen C., and Marilyn Fu. Sung and Yuan Paintings. Exh. cat.
Calligraphy, or the art of writing, was the visual art form prized above all others in traditional China.
Narcissus Zhao Mengjian mid-13th century Poem Written in a Boat on the Wu River Mi Fu
Description of the China: Through the Looking Glass galleries
enlightenment; mountains to signify grace and stability; axe to signify determination; Fu
