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Claude Monet Water Lilies.
Monet’s radical “broken color” approach—applying pure pigments in rapid, unblended strokes—achieved unprecedented luminosity.
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Irises (1889): Van Gogh’s Dance with Chaos and Grace
Painted during Vincent van Gogh’s voluntary stay at the Saint-Paul-de-Mausole asylum in 1889, this canvas pulses with raw energy, yet whispers of fragile control.
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Madame X (Madame Pierre Gautreau) (1884)
How a Little Black Dress Scandalized Paris?Dubbed the “American Mona Lisa,” the painting’s stark contrast of pale skin against dark velvet symbolizes both aristocratic allure and societal rebellion.
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Garden for Solitary Enjoyment, the spiritual home of scholars
Garden of Solitary Enjoyment refers to a site built in 1073 by the statesman Sima Guang (1019–1086) after he had retired to Luoyang, Henan province. Every spring, visitors would flock to his garden.
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Appreciation of Vimalakirti Scroll. Song Dynasty
Ming dynasty Buddhist scroll depicting Vimalakirti’s debate, blending ink precision with mineral pigments, housed in Taipei Palace Museum.
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Snow Mountain and Red Trees Scroll, Six Dynasties
A scholar contemplates the vista from a pavilion, while a visitor on a donkey crosses a frost-laden bridge, their postures subtly conveying winter’s bite and literati resilience
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Snow Scenery Scroll. Song Dynasty. Ma Yuan
This work bridges Southern Song lyrical minimalism and Ming reinterpretations, offering insights into Ma Yuan’s enduring influence and the evolution of “academy-style” landscape painting.
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Spring Festival Auspicious Scroll：Frozen Festivities in Ink
scholars in sable cluster around wine warmers while linen-clad servants stand frozen, unlit firecrackers dangling like Damocles’ sword. Hailed as “a pathological specimen of Ming genre painting.”
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Spring Mountains and Auspicious Pines Scroll
Mi Fu’s “Cloudy Peaks and Pines” scroll whispers ancient burnout remedies through ink-wash poetry. The lone pavilion stands like a medieval mindfulness app icon, while mist-shrouded pines encode Song-era work-life balance wisdom.
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A Silent Love Tragedy in Ming Art: Why Did Lü Ji Separate the Ducks?
Artwork captures emotional tension through minimalism: ducks turn away on a cold stone, duckweeds hover mid-fall. This Ming court masterpiece is hailed as “the spiritual breakthrough in bird-and-flower painting.”
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Xia’ao Yanxia – Harmony with Nature and Inner Freedom
Artwork integrates landscapes and figures to express his profound contemplation of nature, reclusive living, and artistic philosophy.
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Chang’e’s Flight to the Moon Handscroll, Tang Yin
This painting depicts the lunar goddess Chang’e holding a rabbit in quiet contemplation. Chang’e stands apart, her gaze introspective, as if pondering the bittersweet divide between immortality and human connection.
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Scroll Painting of Chongyang Wind and Rain
Chrysanthemums bloom in abundance, while slanting wind and drizzle animate the scene.
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Take you to see a different Along the River During the Qingming Festival.QiuYing
This world-famous masterpiece of social customs painting of the Northern Song Dynasty has spawned countless copies, imitations, different versions and re-creations. Among them, Ming Dynasty’s Qiu Ying’s “Along the River During the Qingming Festival” is the most famous.
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Rediscovered Splendor: Imperial Artists Unveil Song-Ming Porcelain Masterpieces from Qianlong’s Secret Archives
Each album contains ten pieces of ancient porcelain (mostly works from the Song and Ming dynasties) selected by Emperor Qianlong. They were all drawn to facilitate Emperor Qianlong of the Qing Dynasty to appreciate the porcelain in the paintings.