3 gen 1000 anni - Travelers Among Mountains and Streams

Descrizione:

1000 CE
Ink and colors on silk
Fran Kuan

206.3 cm x 103.3 cm
Painted during the early Song Period

Example of Chinese landscape painting

Chinese view mountains as sacred and home for immortals.

Kuan was many who fled to the mountains during the tumultuous time of the five dynasties period (end of Tang to beginning of Song)

Characterized by twisting gnarled trees and other symbolic elements