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Title – Early Spring

Artist – Guo Xi

Period/Dynasty – Northern Song

Century – 1072 AD

Significance – Monumental style of Li-Cheung. Dragon Vein incorporated. Balance of Yin (passive) & Yang (active) forces

Title – Auspicious Cranes

Artist – Emperor Huizong

• Period/Dynasty – C
• 1112

Century – Northern Song

Significance – Propaganda Painting to show that everything is going well in the empire. Cranes symbolize immortality that shows the emperor's rule will last for a long time.

Title – Twelve Landscape Views

Artist – Xia Gui (Member of Painting Academy)

Period/Dynasty – Southern Song

Century – 13th Century

Significance – Visual representation of poetry. Its calligraphic style was known as "Su Shi". This painting was meant for self-expression, and not for the court

Title – Shakyamuni Emerging from the Mountains

Artist – Liang Kai

Period/Dynasty – Southern Song

Century –13th Century

Significance – Literati painting. He painter is a buddhist monastery painter. He has simple axe-cut cun brush techniques. Diagnol composition

Title – Triptych with White-Robed Guanyin

Artist – Mu Qi

Period/Dynasty – Southern Song

Century – 13th Century

Significance – Buddhist Monk painter. Influential on Japanese painters. The person painted is Bodi Sapha of compassion (female). China reinvented the gender of Buddha. Tryptic: painting of 3 panels to work as one. All 3 paintings connect by a symbol of wisdom