EXPLORE / TRADITIONS
Chinese painting
A collection pathway for comparing materials, dates and places. The objects here are a small sample of a much wider and internally varied history.
DATES IN THIS SAMPLE
1127–1707
Object dates, not the boundaries of a tradition.
LOOKING PROMPT
Compare the objects below. Which materials and visual choices recur? Which differences resist a single label?
FOLLOW A MATERIALink painting ↗
↗China, Ming dynasty (1368–1644) · after 1490
The Thousand Acres of Clouds, from Twelve Views of Tiger Hill, Suzhou
Shen Zhou
↗China, Qing dynasty (1644-1911) · 1642–1707
Reminiscences of Qinhuai River
Shitao
↗China, Ming dynasty (1368–1644) · 1548
Playing the Qin in a Secluded Valley
Wen Zhengming
↗China, Ming dynasty (1368–1644) · 1506
Mount Hua
Tang Yin
↗China, Ming dynasty (1368–1644) · after 1490
Distant View of Tiger Hill from the Canal Mooring, from Twelve Views of Tiger Hill, Suzhou
Shen Zhou
↗China, Ming dynasty (1368–1644) · 1500
Flowering Crab Apple
Shen Zhou
↗China, Ming dynasty (1368–1644) · 1551
Old Trees by a Wintry Brook
Wen Zhengming
↗China, Ming dynasty (1368–1644) · late 1530s
Old Pine Tree
Wen Zhengming
↗China, Ming dynasty (1368–1644) · late 1400s–early 1500s
Listening to the Qin
Attributed to Tang Yin
↗China, Ming dynasty (1368–1644) · 1500–1510
Scholar-Hermits in the Autumn Mountains
Tang Yin
↗China, Qing dynasty (1644–1911) · 1662
Rocks, Orchid, and Bamboo
Shitao
↗China, Qing dynasty (1644–1911) · 1697
Spring Mist over Jiangnan
Shitao
↗China, Southern Song dynasty (1127-1279) · late 1100s–early 1200s
Drinking in the Moonlight
Attributed to Ma Yuan
↗China, Southern Song dynasty (1127-1279) · 1127–1279
Watching the Deer by a Pine Shaded Stream
Ma Yuan
↗China, Yuan dynasty (1271–1368) · 1300s
Bamboo in the Wind
Puming
↗China, Yuan dynasty (1271-1368) · c. 1302–3
River Village: Fisherman's Joy
Zhao Mengfu