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Mount Yuntai
Fu Baoshi Chinese
Not on view
Fu Baoshi’s interest in art history is demonstrated by this work, a pictorial reconstruction of an ancient text by Gu Kaizhi (ca. 345–406) titled “Essay on Painting Yuntai Mountain.” The essay—inscribed in full on the painting—is a literary description of how a painter should create a landscape by incorporating various scenes. In conducting his own research on the text, Fu challenged existing Japanese interpretations. His efforts to construct an indigenous art history were also motivated by patriotic feelings aroused in response to China’s war with Japan.
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