Landscape in the style of Yang Sheng
Wu Guxiang Chinese
Not on view
The eighth-century painter Yang Sheng is said to have specialized in the “boneless” (mogu, 没骨) technique: the application of broad washes of color unbounded by contour lines. In this sumptuous fan, the late nineteenth-century artist Wu Guxiang explores Yang’s technique, using rich applications of malachite green, azurite blue, and even washes of gold pigment for the distant mountains. The result is a haunting magical place, with the roofs of a small cluster of buildings the only suggestion of a human presence.
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