Xu Daoning, Chinese ... journey through the paintings. "They’re long, horizontal hand scrolls. You start at the right and you come across figures walking through the landscape, people in ...

they appeared as if they had just stepped out of an ancient scroll painting of a Chinese landscape. The Poetic Dance: The Journey of a Legendary Landscape Painting, a dance drama presented by ...

Wind and Snow in the Fir Pines, Li Shan (mid-12th to early 13th century), China, Jin dynasty, late 12th century Freer Gallery of Art The Shu River, traditionally attributed to Li Gonglin (ca.

Across three chapters - from ancient scrolls to gaming metaverses - witness how Chinese painting, guided by the principle of "learning from nature while staying true to one's inner vision", weaves ...

Chinese paintings ... and illustrated books that flowed in from Europe following the development of trade links. To take two examples from the works on display, the longest scroll in the ...

A mutilated, painted Chinese ... scroll number six depicting The Kangxi Emperor’s Southern Inspection Tour (1689-1695) is also a reminder of the sheer number of once-looted imperial Chinese ...