A Scholar Contemplating a Waterfall, c. 1525, Zhang Lu, Chinese, c. 1464 - c. 1538, 65 1/2 x 40 1/2 in. ( x cm), Ink and light colors on silk, China, 16th century, A scholar pauses to contemplate a waterfall as it cascades down the mountain, attended to by a servant boy, who carries his books. This traditional theme in Chinese painting relates to the eremitic genre, in which nature and solitude are celebrated as aims of an elevated, scholarly life. It also has religious evocations. The flowing water represents the essence of the otherworldly or immortal

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