南宋 佚名 別苑春山圖 卷|Retreats in the Spring Hills

Unidentified artist

first half of the 12th century · Handscroll; ink and color on silk · Asian Art

Retreats in the Spring Hills is datable stylistically to the early twelfth century, when artists began to experiment with archaic styles, including the "blue-and-green" landscape manner first made popular in the seventh century. In the twelfth-century revival, the flat blue-and-green color scheme was used to evoke feelings of an antique Golden Age. Artists adopted this style to create dreamlike visions of idyllic mountain retreats or Daoist paradises, in contrast to the naturalistic, predominantly monochromatic landscape depictions of the tenth and eleventh centuries.

Artist

Unidentified artist

Date

first half of the 12th century

Medium

Handscroll; ink and color on silk

Culture

China

Department

Asian Art

Credit line

Bequest of John M. Crawford Jr., 1988