Garden Flowers dated 1540 After Chen Chun Chinese Following Shen Zhou’s (1427–1509) example of treating still-life painting as uninhibited “ink plays,” Chen Chun strove to turn his flower paintings into spontaneous “idea writings.” Realistic flower paintings had been a popular subject since at least the tenth century, and Chen Chun was perhaps the greatest exponent of this genre in his time. This album, with a rich variety of spring blossoms, treats flowers not merely as botanical specimens but also as inevitable reminders of the brevity of life, beauty, and material existence. Listen to exper
Garden Flowers dated 1540 After Chen Chun Chinese Following Shen Zhou’s (1427–1509) example of treating still-life painting as uninhibited “ink plays,” Chen Chun strove to turn his flower paintings into spontaneous “idea writings.” Realistic flower paintings had been a popular subject since at least the tenth century, and Chen Chun was perhaps the greatest exponent of this genre in his time. This album, with a rich variety of spring blossoms, treats flowers not merely as botanical specimens but also as inevitable reminders of the brevity of life, beauty, and material existence. Listen to experts illuminate this artwork's story Listen Play or pause #7631. Garden Flowers Supported by Bloomberg Philanthropies We're sorry, the transcript for this audio track is not available at this time. We are working to make it available as soon as Garden Flowers. After Chen Chun (Chinese, 1483–1544). China. dated 1540. Album of sixteen paintings and one leaf of calligraphy; ink and color on paper. Ming dynasty (1368–1644). Paintings
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