During the Yuan dynasty, China became a part of the Mongol empire.
1271–1368
During the Yuan dynasty, China became a part of the Mongol empire.
1271–1368
What is the Yuan dynasty?
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Painting and poetry among friends during Mongol rule in Yuan dynasty China
This handscroll is almost thirty-five feet long and illustrates the twenty-one steps of producing rice.
Scholar hermits as fishermen boating on a river is one of Wu’s favorite painting themes.
Bamboo is a very popular subject in Chinese painting, especially among scholar-artists like Ni Zan
Zhao’s opened up artistic possibilities for the Four Yuan Masters, and literati painters in subsequent centuries.
Despite the short duration of the Yuan dynasty, it was an extremely vital period in the arts.
A tombstone belonging to an Italian merchant's daughter found in Yangzhou reveals the social and religious plurality of Yuan China
A rare Yuan dynasty painting shows animals and insects feeding off each other.
A literati painter, Qian painted landscapes, historical figures and flowers.
Zheng’s precise calligraphic strokes lend vitality and movement to these delicate flowers. But are they rootless?
Dragons! Elephants! A phoenix! Many motifs cover these tall vases, but it’s the inscriptions that date the pair.
This enormous Buddhist wall painting exemplifies an important format of Chinese painting rarely seen in the West.
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Crafted in the 16th century, this pair of six-panel screens is painted in ink on paper and showcases both Yamato-e and Chinese painting styles. The work features pine trees―a typical Japanese motif―and it has beautifully captured the richness of a Japanese landscape.