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11. Northern Song Architecture in the Painting A Thousand Li of Rivers and Mountains by Wang Ximeng
Fu Xinian, Nancy S. Steinhardt (Editor), Alexandra Harrer (Translator)
Description: Traditional Chinese Architecture: Twelve Essays
Traditional Chinese Architecture: Twelve Essays
The long handscroll entitled A Thousand Li of Rivers and Mountains (Qianli jiangshantu), hereafter referred to as Thousand Li Scroll, by Wang Ximeng, a member of the Northern Song Painting Academy at the court in Bianliang (Kaifeng), is a masterpiece of landscape painting in the Palace Museum, Beijing. Ink on silk with heavy use of blues and...
Author
Fu Xinian, Nancy S. Steinhardt (Editor), Alexandra Harrer (Translator)
PublisherPrinceton University Press
Copyright©2017 by Princeton University Press
Related print edition pages: pp.296-314
https://doi.org/10.37862/aaeportal.0035811
Stable URL: https://aaeportal.com/?id=-23708
Chapter subject tags:Architecture, Domestic--ChinaScrolls, Chinese--Song-Yuan dynasties, 960-1368Landscape painting, Chinese--Song-Yuan dynasties, 960-1368Bridges--China

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11. Northern Song Architecture in the Painting A Thousand Li of Rivers and Mountains by Wang Ximeng