Album of Daoist and Buddhist Themes: Procession of Daoist Deities: Leaf 8
1204
unspecified
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
1204
unspecified
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
Album of Daoist and Buddhist Themes: Procession of Daoist Deities: Leaf 8 is a 1204 unspecified by Unknown, a ming_painting work, held at Cleveland Museum of Art.
You see a long line of gods in colorful robes floating on clouds, each holding a different object—a sword, a fan, a scroll. This painting is one page from a 50-page album used to teach young artists how to draw religious scenes. The gods here are Daoist, part of an ancient Chinese belief system. The album mixes Daoist and Buddhist themes, showing how the two traditions overlapped. To see more paintings like this, look up china, southern song dynasty (1127-1279).
