Meeting Along the River, c. 1492-1518, Zhu Duan, Chinese, late 15th-early 16th century, 8 7/8 × 9 in. ( × cm) (image)41 5/8 × 11 13/16 in. ( × 30 cm) (mount), Ink and color on silk, China, 15th-16th century, This painting’s focus on a towering rock outcropping gives it a monumental quality, although the work itself is quite small. Created in the late 1400s, it represents the continuation of an enduring tradition in landscape painting initiated during China’s Northern Song dynasty (960–1127). The tall pines and primary reliance on gradient tones of ink to define rock

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