Early Spring

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.