Old Pine Tree, Wen Zhengming, late 1530s, Cleveland Museum of Art: Chinese ArtHere the natural appea
Old Pine Tree, Wen Zhengming, late 1530s, Cleveland Museum of Art: Chinese ArtHere the natural appearance of a gnarled and vine-entangled pine has been transformed into a rhythmic abstraction of brushstrokes and ink tonalities, with unifying opposites—opening and closing, rising and falling—that provide the design across the horizontal scroll. The artist’s inscription reads: “The force of change beyond restraint; / The dragon’s whiskers are likened to a forest of spears.”Size: Overall: 29.8 cm (11 ¾ in.); Painting only: 27.3 x 138.8 cm (10 ¾ x 54 5/8 in.)Medium: handscroll, ink on paperhttps://clevelandart.org/art/1964.43 -- source link
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