Artwork
Bamboo in Four Seasons: Spring
Bamboo in Four Seasons: Spring is an unspecified painting by the Ming dynasty painting artist Unknown. It dates from 1324 and is held in the collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art. You see a tall scroll with thin bamboo stalks bending in the wind, fresh green leaves just unfurling.
About this work
The artist left no name, but the work survived from the Yuan dynasty, a time when Chinese scholars used bamboo to stand for resilience and quiet strength.
You see a tall scroll with thin bamboo stalks bending in the wind, fresh green leaves just unfurling.
This painting is one of four panels that show bamboo across the seasons. The artist left no name, but the work survived from the Yuan dynasty, a time when Chinese scholars used bamboo to stand for resilience and quiet strength.
To see how other artists painted bamboo in the same era, look up china, yuan dynasty (1271-1368).
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