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Song Xu

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Mt. Biyan: This mountain used to have a primeval forest, with a temple hidden within it. Now, those primeval forests have been wantonly and completely cut down. Consequently, with its devastated look, few travelers are coming. Still, with its peaks, cliffs, and waterfall, there is no lack of scenic
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teaching. He was an expert landscapist, but also excelled at human figures. During the late 16th century, he traveled throughout China. A 1543 scroll shows his study of the
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Song was and extremely well read and well versed individual who was greatly influenced by
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priest and adopted various religious names. He was, according to some sources from
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bears a date of 1605. Other works show a still active painter at eighty-one.
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in Zhejiang province, but others assert that he was from
262:, Weatherhill, New York and Tokyo, 1982, pp. 63–66. 93:(石门, "Stone Gate"). Song eventually became a 8: 229: 184: 68: 7: 14: 214: 205: 196: 187: 291:Ming dynasty landscape painters 267:Encyclopedia of Chinese Artists 127:An extant painting of Buddhist 58: 1: 160: 175:The Cleveland Museum of Art 37:Nantoyōsō Collection, Japan 317: 239:"Eighteen Views of Huzhou" 15: 241:. Cleveland Museum of Art 49: 156:Eighteen Views of Huzhou 136:Eighteen Views of Huzhou 159:('湖州十八景圖) was produced 105:in Zhejiang Province. 296:Painters from Zhejiang 170:, southeastern China. 150: 89:(初炀) and pen name was 38: 260:The Distant Mountains 173:The album is held by 144: 74:, born 1525), was a 36: 237:Song Xu (c. 1588). 145:Inscription reads: 151: 39: 153:Song Xu's series 79:landscape painter 308: 301:Buddhist artists 251: 250: 248: 246: 234: 218: 209: 200: 191: 165: 162: 72: 60: 51: 316: 315: 311: 310: 309: 307: 306: 305: 276: 275: 273: 255: 254: 244: 242: 236: 235: 231: 226: 219: 210: 201: 192: 183: 163: 139: 31: 12: 11: 5: 314: 312: 304: 303: 298: 293: 288: 278: 277: 271: 270: 263: 258:James Cahill, 253: 252: 228: 227: 225: 222: 221: 220: 213: 211: 204: 202: 195: 193: 186: 182: 179: 138: 133: 13: 10: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 313: 302: 299: 297: 294: 292: 289: 287: 284: 283: 281: 274: 268: 264: 261: 257: 256: 240: 233: 230: 223: 217: 212: 208: 203: 199: 194: 190: 185: 180: 178: 176: 171: 169: 158: 157: 149: 143: 137: 134: 132: 130: 125: 123: 119: 115: 111: 106: 104: 100: 96: 92: 88: 84: 83:courtesy name 80: 77: 73: 71: 65: 61: 55: 47: 43: 35: 29: 28: 23: 19: 272: 266: 265:Yu Lianhua, 259: 243:. Retrieved 232: 172: 154: 152: 146: 135: 126: 107: 90: 86: 69: 67: 57: 41: 40: 25: 18:Chinese name 286:1525 births 164: 1588 114:Song period 22:family name 280:Categories 245:30 October 224:References 64:Wade–Giles 122:Shen Zhou 116:painter 95:Buddhist 70:Sung Hsü 16:In this 181:Gallery 148:beauty. 118:Xia Gui 87:Chuyang 76:Chinese 59:Sòng Xù 46:Chinese 42:Song Xu 168:Wuxing 129:Arhats 103:Huzhou 99:Jixing 91:Shimen 81:. His 66:: 56:: 54:pinyin 48:: 20:, the 247:2020 85:was 27:Song 110:Zen 24:is 282:: 177:. 161:c. 62:; 52:; 50:宋旭 249:. 44:( 30:.

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Chinese name
family name
Song

Chinese
pinyin
Wade–Giles
Chinese
landscape painter
courtesy name
Buddhist
Jixing
Huzhou
Zen
Song period
Xia Gui
Shen Zhou
Arhats

Eighteen Views of Huzhou
Wuxing
The Cleveland Museum of Art




"Eighteen Views of Huzhou"
Categories
1525 births
Ming dynasty landscape painters

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