Bamboo in Four Seasons: Spring
1324
unspecified
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
1324
unspecified
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
Bamboo in Four Seasons: Spring is a 1324 unspecified by Unknown, a Ming Painting work, depicting Bamboo, held at Cleveland Museum of Art.
You see a tall scroll with thin bamboo stalks bending in the wind, fresh green leaves just unfurling. This painting is one of four panels that show bamboo across the seasons. The artist left no name, but the work survived from the Yuan dynasty, a time when Chinese scholars used bamboo to stand for resilience and quiet strength. To see how other artists painted bamboo in the same era, look up china, yuan dynasty (1271-1368).
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