- Artist
- Guo Xi
- Year
- 1072
- Medium
- Ink and color on silk
Public Domain
Wikimedia Commons
Mountains rise through mist in layered receding planes, their forms rendered with the delicate ink washes and fine brushwork of Northern Song dynasty landscape painting. Considered one of the greatest landscapes in the history of Chinese art, this monumental handscroll captures the cosmic rhythm of nature — the perpetual cycle of growth and renewal that the title promises.