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Description: Iris and Orchid Chamber, section

TitleIris and Orchid Chamber, section

Creator nameWang Meng

Creator nationality/cultureChinese

Creator roleArtist

Creation date1300–1400

Object typeScroll

MaterialsHandscroll; ink and colors on paper

LocationNational Palace Museum, Taipei

Accession numberUnknown

SubjectsScrolls, ChineseLandscapes in art

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Chapter 6. Conclusion: Painting and Private Life

Robert E. Harrist Jr.

Painting and Private Life in Eleventh-Century China: Mountain Villa by Li Gonglin

~For many centuries after the death of Li Gonglin, visitors to the Longmian Mountains continued to search for traces of his former dwelling. In the seventeeth century He Yongshao, a native of the area, guided a friend on a springtime excursion to the mountains. Although the two men found no remains of Li’s home, they greatly enjoyed the scenery where...

Author

Robert E. Harrist Jr.

PublisherPrinceton University Press

Related print edition pages: pp.105-112

Stable URL: https://aaeportal.com/?id=-23828&redirecttoanchor=103205

Chapter subject tags:Li, Gonglin, 1049-1106. Mountain villaLandscape painting, Chinese--Song-Yuan dynasties, 960-1368Identity (Philosophical concept)Landscape painting, Chinese--Ming-Qing dynasties, 1368-1912Chinese literati

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