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Description: The Art of Mu Xin: Landscape Paintings and Prison Notes
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PublisherYale University Art Gallery
https://doi.org/10.37862/aaeportal.00127.012
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The paintings by Mu Xin (b. 1927) illustrated in the catalogue section of this volume are listed below. All of these works, which were produced during the period 1977–79, are in the collection of The Rosenkranz Foundation. All works are ink and gouache on paper.
 
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Tower within a Tower
Pure Bamboo by a Cool Stream, 18.0 x 32.7 cm.
Wandering in a Dream to West Lake, 14.5 x 33.0 cm.
Spring Brilliance at Kuaiji, 17.8 x 33.0 cm.
Kuaiji is where Wang Xizhi (303–79) gathered with companions to celebrate the Spring Lustration Festival in 353. It was on that occasion that he wrote the most famous work in the history of Chinese calligraphy, “The Preface to the Orchid Pavilion Collection” (Lanting ji xu).
At Peace in Stone Cottage, 32.7 x 21.0 cm.
Clear Ripples of a Waterfall, 27.4 x 19.0 cm.
Dawn Mood at Bohai, 16.7 x 33.0 cm.
Bohai Bay is part of the Yellow Sea bordered by the Liaoning and Shandong Peninsulas and Hebei Province.
Autumn Colors at Jinling, 32.7 x 20.0 cm.
Jinling is an ancient name for Nanjing, the capital of the Wu Kingdom (221–85) and the Southern dynasties (317–589) during the period of political instability known collectively as the Six Dynasties.
Reminiscences of Wangchuan, 20.0 x 32.4 cm.
Wangchuan (Wang River) was the location of the retirement home of the great Tang dynasty poet Wang Wei (701–61). Wang Wei depicted his country estate on the walls of a temple, and his composition became in later centuries a model for depictions of the place of reclusion. Wang came to be associated with the very beginning of landscape painting as an art form.
Dark Ridge Blocking the Sky, 32.7 x 20.0 cm.
In Lonely Leisure, Seeking Beautiful Scenery, 20.7 x 33.0 cm.
Dawn’s Light at Fuyang, 16.5 x 33.0 cm.
Moonlight at Pudong, 20.9 x 33.0 cm.
Pudong refers to the area of Shanghai to the east of the Pu River.
Pure Mind amid Colored Clouds, 14.0 x 32.7 cm.
Cicadas’ Drone in Summer Trees, 32.0 x 20.3 cm.
Stone Cave in Desiccated Cliff, 20.3 x 35.2 cm.
Mountains Enclosing the Chu River, 32.4 x 21.0 cm.
The Chu River, located in Anhui Province, is a tributary of the Yangtze River.
Strong Wind in Autumn Mountains, 21.0 x 32.4 cm.
Reciting a Tang Poem on the Road to Shu, 32.7 x 15.3 cm. The title evokes the events of the mid-eighth century, when during the An Lushan Rebellion, Emperor Xuanzong (r. 71256) and his consort Yang Guifei were forced to flee the Tang capital at Changan for Shu, an ancient name for Sichuan Province. On the road to Shu, Yang Guifei was killed. This incident became the subject of Bo Juyi’s (772–846) poem “Everlasting Regret” and of much later literature.
Half Thousand Li of the Ruo River, 20.3 x 32.7 cm.
The Ruo River, literally “weak water,” is said to be three thousand // in length (one // is approximately one-third of a mile) and from the Han dynasty (206 BCE-220 CE) came to be associated with Mount Kunlun and belief in the Queen Mother of the West (Xiwangmu).
Geese Arriving over a Pavilion, 20.3 x 32.7 cm.
Pure Stone Mountain-Villa, 17.8 x 33.0 cm.
Sunset in the Yellow Mountains, 32.7 x 21.0 cm.
The Yellow Mountains, Huangshan, in southern Anhui Province are one of the great scenic spots of China. The region was home to a school of yimin (“remnant subjects”) painters during the seventeenth century, following the Manchu conquest of 1644.
Ancient Fountainhead of the Yellow River, 18.3 x 33.0 cm. The central stretches of the Yellow River, Huanghe, is traditionally considered to be the cradle of Chinese civilization.
Eroding Inscription of the Han, 18.2x31.7 cm.
Han refers to the Han dynasty (206 BCE-220 CE), when formal writing, including the Confucian classics, was engraved on stone stele for posterity.
Tea Ranges of the Wuyi Mountains, 17.5 x 33.0 cm.
The Wuyi Mountains are located in Fujian Province and are famous for the tea grown there.
Slumbering Stones at a Quiet Pond, 18.7 x 32.4 cm.
Twin Pagodas in Plum Rain, 15.8 x 33.0 cm.
“Plum rain,” meiyu, refers to the rainy season of early summer.
Night Banquet at Gushan, 14.6 x 33.0 cm.
Gushan is an island in West Lake at Hangzhou. It was home to the hermit-poet Lin Pu (Hejing; 967–1028).
Spring Shade at the Su Embankment, 21.0 x 33.0 cm.
The Su Embankment at West Lake in Hangzhou was built under the direction of the statesman, poet, and painter Su Shi (1036–1101) during his period in office in Hangzhou.
Noon Thunder in the Shade of a Banyan Tree, 21.0 x 33.0 cm.
Ancient Road at Shanyin, 19.0 x 32.7 cm.
Shanyin at Kuaiji in Zhejiang Province was the site of the gathering at the Orchid Pavilion referred to in the title of Plate 3. As a place name it evokes the events and the historical figures of the Wei-Jin Period (220–420).
Lofty Residence of the Wei and Jin, 32.7 x 21.0 cm.
The “lofty residence” refers to the ideals of reclusion established by such poets as Tao Qian (365–427) and Xie Lingyun (385–433) during the period of the Wei Kingdom (220–65) and the Western and Eastern Jin dynasties (265–420).
Wisps of Auspicious Clouds, 33.0 x 21.0 cm.
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