Cottages in a Misty Grove in Autumn
Li Anzhong
1117
- Medium
- Album leaf; ink and color on silk
- Dimensions
- Overall: 24.2 x 26.3 cm (9 1/2 x 10 3/8 in.)
- Genre
- Paintings
- Museum
- Cleveland Museum of Art
Styles
Tags
China, Northern Song dynasty (960-1127)
About
This leaf is an early example of a new mode in landscape painting expressed in vistas of water-rich scenery that developed since the 900s. Li Anzhong, a court artist during the 1100s, witnessed the transition of the capital from Kaifeng across the Yangzi River to Hangzhou.