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第123章 Waterfalls on the Cliff-Shen Hao

Waterfalls on the Cliff, a Qing Dynasty(1644. 1911) painting by Shen Hao, ink and slight color on silk, 65.2cm×31.3cm, in the collection of the Palace Museum, Taipei.

Shen Hao(1586.1661), a calligrapher and art theorist in the Qing Dynasty, was good at painting landscapes. He advocated imitating nature and the ancients. His paintings contain ancient style, but are not confined to it. This landscape painting has a concise composition but elegant artistic atmosphere.