1690
unspecified
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
Landscapes in Various Styles after Old Masters is a 1690 unspecified by Mei Qing, a Baroque work, held at Cleveland Museum of Art.
This is a flat, patterned design with rows of small round and square scenes. Each round picture shows a different landscape with trees, water, and mountains. The colors are mostly browns, greens, and blues, and the background has a woven texture. The artist used tiny details to fill each circle, making every scene look different. The squares between them have a star-like pattern. Look up The Cleveland Museum of Art to see more works like this.
Mei Qing produced a surge of new paintings after his 1690 tour of Huangshan’s breathtaking peaks.
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Mei Qing (Chinese: 梅清; pinyin: Méi Qīng; Wade–Giles: Mei Ch'ing; ca. 1623–1697) was a Chinese landscape painter, calligrapher and poet active during the Qing Dynasty. Mei was born in Xuancheng, Anhui Province. His…
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