The Soughing of the Wind in the Pines Echoes the Melody of Spring, 1705, Shen Zongjing, Chinese, 56 15/16 × 19 9/16 in. ( × cm) (image)81 1/2 × 25 3/4 in. ( × cm) (overall, without roller), Ink on silk, China, 18th century, Shen Zongjing, a scholar-official painter of the early 1700s, often painted mountains and streams in shades of black and gray, a manner favored by other scholar-artists. His works express lofty thoughts using powerful brushstrokes. This type of landscape painting is known as chenghuai weidao, or 'purifying one’s mind to savor Dao.'

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