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Title – Dwelling in the Fuchun Mountains

Artist – Huang Gongwang

Period/Dynasty – Yuan Dynasty

Century – 1347 - 1350

Significance – Theme of reclusion. Monumental composition. Painter painted for money. He used a "hemp fiber cun": Thread like strokes to define the mountains

Title – The Rongxi Studio

Artist –Ni Zan

Period/Dynasty – Yuan Dynasty

Century – 1372

Significance – Concept of reclusion. Showed a sense of loneliness because the painter felt distant from his homeland because of the Mongol invasion. Tripartite composition.

Title – Dwelling in the Qingbian Mountains

Artist – Wang Meng

Period/Dynasty – Yuan Dynasty

Century – 1366

Significance – Calaustrophobic effect. Intricate brushwork. It's hard to focus on anything. Painter is expressing his feelings that everything keeps changing in his life (political perspective).

Title – Realms of Immortals

Artist – Chen Ruyan

Period/Dynasty – Yuan Dynasty

Century – 14th Century

Significance – Painter was imprisoned in the Yuan Dynasty. The painting shows a Daoist paradise (blue & green effect). Cranes are a symbol of immortality and it's political because the painter is longing to be somewhere else.

Title – Elegant Rocks & Sparse Trees

Artist – Zhao Mengfu

Period/Dynasty – Yuan Dynasty

Century – 13th-14th Century

Significance – Old Trees

Title – Branches of Blossoming Plum

Artist – Wang Mian

Period/Dynasty – Yuan Dynasty

Century –1355

Significance – Painter decided to paint to earn a living. It shows a literati theme because the painting shows painting, poetry, and calligraphy. The plant is a symbol for the person itself.