Árvores antigas, distância de nível

Guo Xi Chinese

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Guo Xi, o melhor paisagista do final do século XI, devia sua fama ao seu talento para dar forma às imagens e emoções poéticas. Tinha interesse particular em transmitir as nuances das estações e as horas do dia. Árvores antigas, distância de nível é uma variação da forma clássica da “distância de nível” em que se situam árvores altas no primeiro plano e o amplo vale de um rio ao fundo. É provavelmente uma obra antiga feita por um companheiro na véspera de sua aposentadoria. Na seção final do rolo, as árvores desfolhadas e a névoa espessa conferem um ar outonal e melancólico na cena em que dois anciães se aproximam de pavilhão, talvez para se reunir a outros colegas e despedir-se de um amigo.

Old Trees, Level Distance, Guo Xi (Chinese, ca. 1000–ca. 1090), Handscroll; ink and color on silk, China

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Old Trees, Level Distance, Guo Xi (Chinese, ca. 1000–ca. 1090), Handscroll; ink and color on silk, China
Old Trees, Level Distance, Guo Xi (Chinese, ca. 1000–ca. 1090), Handscroll; ink and color on silk, China
Old Trees, Level Distance, Guo Xi (Chinese, ca. 1000–ca. 1090), Handscroll; ink and color on silk, China
Old Trees, Level Distance, Guo Xi (Chinese, ca. 1000–ca. 1090), Handscroll; ink and color on silk, China
Old Trees, Level Distance, Guo Xi (Chinese, ca. 1000–ca. 1090), Handscroll; ink and color on silk, China
Old Trees, Level Distance, Guo Xi (Chinese, ca. 1000–ca. 1090), Handscroll; ink and color on silk, China
Old Trees, Level Distance, Guo Xi (Chinese, ca. 1000–ca. 1090), Handscroll; ink and color on silk, China
Old Trees, Level Distance, Guo Xi (Chinese, ca. 1000–ca. 1090), Handscroll; ink and color on silk, China
Old Trees, Level Distance, Guo Xi (Chinese, ca. 1000–ca. 1090), Handscroll; ink and color on silk, China
Old Trees, Level Distance, Guo Xi (Chinese, ca. 1000–ca. 1090), Handscroll; ink and color on silk, China
Old Trees, Level Distance, Guo Xi (Chinese, ca. 1000–ca. 1090), Handscroll; ink and color on silk, China
Old Trees, Level Distance, Guo Xi (Chinese, ca. 1000–ca. 1090), Handscroll; ink and color on silk, China
Old Trees, Level Distance, Guo Xi (Chinese, ca. 1000–ca. 1090), Handscroll; ink and color on silk, China

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