HILLS OF VENUS
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Painting · Landscapes · Plants · Catalog HV6F8WT3
Wen Zhengming (Chinese, 1470–1559) · late 1530s
Here the natural appearance of a gnarled and vine-entangled pine has been transformed into a rhythmic abstraction of brushstrokes and ink tonalities, with unifying opposites—opening and closing, rising and falling—that provide the design across the horizontal scroll. The artist's inscription reads: "The force of change beyond restraint; / The dragon's whiskers are likened to a forest of spears."
Emil Carlsen (American, born Denmark, 1848–1932)
Unknown creator
Dasavanta (Indian, d. 1584)
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