River Landscape in Mist
Artist: Yan Ciping, active ca. 1164-after 1181
Medium: Ink and color on silk
Dimensions: H x W: 24.6 x 26 cm (9 11/16 x 10 1/4 in)
Type: Album, Painting
Origin: China
Topic: landscape, Yuan dynasty (1279 - 1368), Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644), water, river, China, Chinese Art
Credit Line: Gift of Charles Lang Freer
Date: 14th century
Period: Yuan or early Ming dynasty
Accession Number: F1911.161a
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阎次平,南宋画家。隆兴初(约1163年)任画院祗候,授将仕郎。父仲,曾任宣和及绍兴画院待诏。继承家学,而画艺超过其父。擅绘山水,法荆浩、关仝,风格接近王诜、李唐;亦善人物,尤工画牛。存世作品有《牧牛图》等。
弟次于,南宋孝宗隆兴初被补为承务郎,后亦为画院祗候。次于亦传家学,画山水人物,工于画牛。然水平尚逊于次平。
Pure Sanctuary with Pine Grown Stairs
Artist: Yan Ciping, active ca. 1164-after 1181
Medium: Ink and color on silk
Dimensions: H x W (image): 23.1 x 23 cm (9 1/8 x 9 1/16 in)
Type: Album, Painting
Origin: China
Topic: pine tree, Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644), lake, China, Chinese Art
Credit Line: Gift of Charles Lang Freer
Date: 15th-16th century
Period: Ming dynasty
Accession Number: F1909.245u
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自古以来,无论是高僧还是文人、隐士,大多喜欢以山林作为他们修行、习业、陶冶性灵的地方。这是因为在山居的岁月里,人们不仅可以远离尘世的纷扰,又可以在山林湖泽间,过着恬适自在的生活。这幅描绘着古代禅林精舍(或书院)的「松磴精庐」里,或许是清晨的缘故,因此未见任何人影。但错落有致的屋宇、羊肠的小径,紧密随着地形顺势围筑、游转,彷佛已成为山林的一部份。游息其间,可令人充份地享受浸润于自然山林的乐趣。
Hostelry in the Mountains
Artist: Yan Ciyu, active 1160s-1180s
Medium: Ink and color on silk
Dimensions: H x W (image): 25.5 x 25.9 cm (10 1/16 x 10 3/16 in)
Type: Album, Painting
Origin: China
Topic: landscape, Southern Song dynasty (1127 - 1279), China, Chinese Art
Credit Line: Purchase
Date: mid- to late 12th century
Period: Southern Song dynasty
Accession Number: F1935.10
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