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Some of the most ancient instruments have been retained, transformed, or revived throughout the ages and many are in common use even today, testifying to a living legacy of a durable art.
In later periods, as wind (bamboo) and string (silk) instruments became dominant,
They shared a recognition of landscape as an independent subject, a determination to exhibit such paintings at the conservative Salon, and a mutually reinforcing pleasure in nature.
Whether painting storks hovering over a marsh or an apple orchard swaying in the wind
J. Kenneth Moore, Bradley Strauchen-Scherer, Jayson Kerr Dobney. Musical Instruments: Highlights of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. First Printing. © 2015 by the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Wind is supplied by hand- pumped bellows.
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Guilhem, count of Toulouse South French ca. 1200–1225 Spider monkey wearing wind
Collection of Thomas Howard, Earl of Arundel (1585-1646); until 1875, collection of the Dukes of Marlborough; by 1900, collection of Sir Arthur Evans; acquired in 1941, purchased from the estate of Sir Arthur Evans
Here, it is decorated with the head of a wind god, perhaps intended as a personification
This spectacular album, which contains intimate nature studies, portraits of the royal family and various dignitaries, and fine examples of illuminated folios of calligraphy by renowned calligraphers, offers a glimpse into the courtly life and diverse interests of its patrons.
nobleman stands regally, depicted in profile, among flowers that seem to sway in the wind
Silver Wind: The Arts of Sakai H�itsu (1761–1828). Exh. cat.
Calligraphy, or the art of writing, was the visual art form prized above all others in traditional China.
1310s Fisherman Wu Zhen ca. 1350 Returning Home Shitao (Zhu Ruoji) ca. 1695 Wind
The Met presents over 5,000 years of art from around the world for everyone to experience and enjoy.
Evening Sky (BÃ¥stad) Nils Kreuger 1907 The West Wind, Lynmouth Sir Edward John
By the outbreak of World War I, with the discovery of his genius by the Fauves and German Expressionists, Vincent van Gogh had already come to be regarded as a vanguard figure in the history of modern art.
Van Gogh regarded this work, with its sun-drenched wheat field undulating in the wind
