| Traveling among Streams and Mountains
Fan K’uan (early 11th century) This is the artist’s only extant work. “The composition is one of heroic simplicity, serene, free of trickery, showiness or any obvious trace of artifice.... Few reminders of man and his works are to be seen: two tiny figures driving mules, a bridge, a half-hidden temple. The rest is untouched nature.”(James Cahill, Chinese Painting, ch. 2) |