The Song dynasty is known especially for the development of monumental landscape painting.
960 - 1279
The Song dynasty is known especially for the development of monumental landscape painting.
960 - 1279
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The monumental sculptural complex at Mt. Baoding, Dazu in China consists of nearly 10,000 painted and gilded images of Buddhist deities and narrative scenes carved out of sandstone.
Every inch of this contemplative space was carefully crafted—there’s bamboo, patterned paving, and scholar’s rocks.
The subject is conventional, but Liang Kai’s airy composition makes this painting unusual. What’s behind the mist?
This monumental landscape is the most majestic example of early Song “mountain water” painting.
The everyday experience of a woman is the subject of...