Chrysanthemums and Cabbage
1486
unspecified
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
1486
unspecified
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
Chrysanthemums and Cabbage is a 1486 unspecified by Tao Cheng, a Ming Painting work, held at Cleveland Museum of Art.
You see a cabbage and a few chrysanthemum stems painted in soft ink and pale colors on paper. This wasn’t made in a studio. Tao Cheng painted it quickly during a gathering with friends. They added poems around the edges, turning a simple vegetable into a shared moment. Look up other works from china, ming dynasty (1368–1644) to see how scholars mixed art and poetry.
On an autumn day in Beijing, Tao Cheng had a gathering with a group of scholar-officials and created two paintings in a spontaneous, casual style. The first depicts chrysanthemums, slender bamboo stalks, and a rock in monochrome ink. Tao applied light colors for the second painting that depicts cabbage. Tao deliberately placed the images on the first sections of the paper so that his honorable guests could add their poetic inscriptions inspired by his imagery. In the first section to the right, all seven poetic inscriptions refer to the beloved poet and recluse Tao Qian (also called Tao…
Eminent calligrapher Wang Wenzhi 王文治 was only 27 sui when he wrote the title in 1756.
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