Chinese and Korean Art after 1279

Question 1

Mengfu Sheep and Goat

Answer 1

Zhao Mengfu (1254–1322) was a descendant of the imperial line of Song. Unlike many scholars of his time, he eventually chose to serve the Yuan government and was made a high official. A distinguished painter, calligrapher, and poet, Zhao was especially known for his carefully rendered paintings of horses, but he also practiced traditional landscape painting

This may be too simplistic an assessment, because the two animals are portrayed in clearly different styles. The goat, on the right, is carefully described and lifelike in appearance, but the sheep, on the left, is more abstracted, almost flattened

Question 2

Two Flasks Ming dynasty

Answer 2

1402 - 1424
Inspired by Middle Eastern shapes, these large, bulbous flasks were made at the imperial kilns in Jingdezhen. They feature dragons, lotus flowers, and scrolling spirals
Collection of Chinese Art, British Museum, London

Question 3

The Qingbian Mountains

Answer 3

1617
Scroll with ink
Cleveland Museum of Art

Question 4

Panoramic View of the Diamond Mountains

Answer 4

The subject is Korean, and so is the energetic spirit and the intensely personal style, with its crystalline mountains, distant clouds of delicate ink wash, and individualistic brushwork
1734