Fan Kuan : Travelers amid Mountains and Streams. Northern Song (c. 990-1030)
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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.
- A Look at Chinese Painting (Metropolitan Museum of Art) LINK
