Chinese Landscape after Huang Gongwang, 18th-19th century, Shi Wenjing; Inscriber: Inscription on box by Gejo Keikoku, Chinese, 77 5/8 × 38 15/16 in. ( × cm) (image)95 1/2 × 46 7/8 in. ( × cm) (overall), Ink and colors on silk; hanging scroll, China, 18th-19th century, This monumental painting displays eremitic elements that were heavily influential in Chinese landscape painting. Eremitism, or the retreat from society into a life of reclusion, was a popular idea throughout Chinese history that valued solitude, withdrawal into nature, and self-cultivation.

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