Bamboo in Four Seasons: Summer (Q60474889)

Label from: English (en)

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artist: no value
collection: Cleveland Museum of Art (Q657415)
location: Cleveland Museum of Art (Q657415)
location of final assembly: China (Q29520)
part of: Bamboo in Four Seasons: Summer and Winter (Q60474887)
depicts: bamboo (Q27891820)
instance of: painting (Q3305213)

catalog URL: https://clevelandart.org/art/1982.150.1

information from the Cleveland Museum of Art catalog

description: The painting depicts high bamboo stems in a breeze with leaves all torn in one direction. The rock on the right suggests a garden setting. Bamboo remains green throughout the year; new shoots emerge every spring and are a Chinese delicacy. During the Yuan dynasty, monochrome ink painting became the dominant style of the scholar-artist, and is used here by a professional painter. Monochrome bamboo with leaves blown in the wind was a popular subject as its depiction demanded brushstrokes and techniques similar to writing calligraphy.

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