Nine Songs, Zhang Wo, 1361, Cleveland Museum of Art: Chinese ArtPainted in the baimiao, or fine-line
Nine Songs, Zhang Wo, 1361, Cleveland Museum of Art: Chinese ArtPainted in the baimiao, or fine-line drawing style, this ancient work demonstrates the literati’s use of abstract calligraphic brushwork for self-expression. The subject of the “Nine Songs”—songs associated with shamanistic rituals in the ancient Chu kingdom—had traditionally provided artists with myths and legends that they could explore and reinterpret in their own works.Size: Overall: 28 x 438.2 cm (11 x 172 ½ in.)Medium: handscroll, ink on paperhttps://clevelandart.org/art/1959.138 -- source link
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