Guo Xi

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Early Spring
Early Spring
by Guo Xi
Northern Song · Guo Xi · 1072 · China
A mountain landscape in ink and subtle color. Guo Xi said a painter should look at nature "as if going on a journey" — this scroll is that walk.
Old Trees, Level Distance
Old Trees, Level Distance
by Guo Xi
Northern Song · Guo Xi · c. 1080
A low-banked landscape: withered trees in the foreground, a misty river, mountains lost in fog. Guo Xi's essay "Lofty Record of Forests and Streams" defined the values the scroll embodies.