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| Zang Zeduan Detail: "Along the River During the Qingming Festival" (Song dynasty): Bridge |
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| Zang Zeduan "Along the River During the Qingming Festival" (Song dynasty) [Please click on the image directly above to examine the entire scroll] |
Article on this painting at Wikipedia HERE
To "read" a Chinese painting is to enter into a dialogue with the past; the act of unrolling a scroll or leafing through an album provides a further, physical connection to the work. An intimate experience, it is one that has been shared and repeated over the centuries. And it is through such readings, enjoyed alone or in the company of friends, that meaning is gradually revealed.
