Song Xu
1525-c. 1606 · Chinese painting: Ming · 3 works
Song Xu’s landscape album records places around the city of Wuxing, including lakes, peaks and monasteries. Small buildings, fields and routes help describe how people inhabited these settings. Written notes accompany the views, giving them the character of a painted guide to local scenery. Compare the measured rows of fields with the textured mountains and the dense groups of trees on higher ground.
3 works · c. 1588
Follow the paths and field boundaries to see how each landscape connects its buildings and natural features.
Chen Hongshou
Paintings after Ancient Masters: A Lohan [after Guanxiu], 1598–1652
Dong Qichang
Calligraphy, 1555–1636
Gong Xian
Landscape in the Style of Dong Yuan and Juran, c. 1650
