The 19 Artworks of Qiu Ying

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Handscroll Qiu Ying

The Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York City, United States)

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The Seven sages of the bamboo grove Qiu Ying

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Paper

Fan Paintings by or Attributed to Qiu Ying (approx. 1500-1552)During the 1500s, colorful paintings in the fan format were immensely popular among the wealthy and sophisticated population of Suzhou. These fans, when folded up, could be carried in the long, loose sleeves of gowns worn by both men and ...

Parting under a willow tree Qiu Ying

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Paper

Lady in a bamboo grove Qiu Ying

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The Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, United States Of America)

Qiu Ying was a professional painter who lived and worked in Suzhou during the city’s flourishing sixteenth century. At the time, social divisions between educated elites and professional painters could sometimes be difficult to cross, but Qiu Ying managed to mix with the circle of Wen Zhengming desp...

RIVERS AND MOUNTAINS WITHOUT END Qiu Ying

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Qiu Ying - RIVERS AND MOUNTAINS WITHOUT END

Ink	Rivers Mountains

THE LAND OF ETERNAL HAPPINESS Qiu Ying

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Qiu Ying - THE LAND OF ETERNAL HAPPINESS

Landscape

ELEGANT GATHERING IN THE GARDEN Qiu Ying

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Ink	Gardens And Parks

SUMMER REVERIE BY THE LOTUS POND Qiu Ying

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Qiu Ying - SUMMER REVERIE BY THE LOTUS POND

Ink	Dreams Summer

SCHOLAR RIDING A HORSE Qiu Ying

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Animals

明傳仇英文玉圖軸 Lady in a Bamboo Grove Qiu Ying

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Qiu Ying - 明傳仇英文玉圖軸 Lady in a Bamboo Grove

Ink	Women Wood

Spring Morning in the Han Palace Qiu Ying

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China Modern and Contemporary Art Document Research Center (Beijing, China)

This painting adopts a perspective slightly higher than buildings, putting the viewer’s sight up on the high and over the parapets. The garden scenery could be all included in the painting, so the viewer could have a panoramic view of the garden scenety.We could imagine that, as the audience slowly ...

SCENES FROM THE LIFE OF CONFUCIUS Qiu Ying

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Qiu Ying - SCENES FROM THE LIFE OF CONFUCIUS

Ink	Scenes Life

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A Tang Palace Qiu Ying

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A Tang Palace Qiu Ying

Palaces

Lady Su Hui and Her Verse Puzzle Qiu Ying

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Qiu Ying - Lady Su Hui and Her Verse Puzzle

This scene appears in a later copy of a Tang-dynasty painting illustrating the story of a literary legend, Lady Su Hui, who was supposed to have lived in the late fourth century. The dating of the original painting is supported by the types of instruments depicted in it. Both the harp (konghou) and ...

Divinities of the Planets and Constellations Qiu Ying

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Qiu Ying - Divinities of the Planets and Constellations

Paper

The subject and imagery of this painting are derived from a composition attributed to the Tang dynasty (618–907) artist Liang Lingzan that is now in the collection of the Osaka Municipal Museum of Art. The painting depicts the deities of the Five Planets, which correspond to the five primary element...