7-1Fan Kuan,Travelers among Mountains and Streams,Northern Song period, early 11th century. Hanging scroll, ink and
colors on silk, 6 71 – 4 3 41 – 4 . National Palace Museum, Taibei.
Landscape painting was one of the premier art genres in China. Chinese painters, however, did not aim to represent specific
places but to capture the essence of nature using brush and ink on silk.
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