Yuan Dynasty元 = “First”

1279–1368

• Mongol conquest of China

• Yimin, “leftover citizens” of the Song

• Self conscious archaizing styles

• Retreat from public life

• Individualist styles

• Qian Xuan, Wang Xizhi Watching Geese, Yuan dynasty (1279–1368), ca. 1295

• Wang Xizhi (Eastern Jin),  Preface to the Orchid Pavilion Manuscript, dated 353 AD (detail) 

• Det.

• Det., showing seals of artist & Qianlong emperor (later ruler in Qing)

Mounted Official

• Twin Pines, Level Distance, Yuan dynasty (1279–1368), ca. 1300Zhao Mengfu

• Det., Right side

• Zhao Mengfu, Sheep and Goat, ca. 1300

• Zhao Mengfu, Elegant Rocks and Sparse Trees

• Zhao Mengfu, Peach Blossom Fishing Boat, "What I paint seems abbreviated and rough, but connoisseurs realize that it is close to the ancients, and so consider it beautiful."

• Four Anecdotes from the Life of Wang Xizhi, ca. 1310Zhao Mengfu

• Det.

• Late Yuan Dynasty, Four Masters (designated during the Ming)

• Huang Gongwang, Ni Zan, Wang Meng, Wu Zhen

• HUANG GONGWANG, Dwelling in the Fuchun Mountains, Yuan dynasty, 1347-1350. Section of a handscroll, ink on paper, 1' 7/8" x 20' 9". National Palace Museum, Taibei

• Hemp fiber

• Huang Gongwang (1269-1354), Dwelling in the Fuchun Mountains, detail    

• details

• Woods and Valleys of Mount Yu, Yuan dynasty (1279–1368), dated 1372Ni Zan

• Ni Zan, Still Streams and Winter Pines.

• Ni Zan, Wind among the Trees on the Riverbank, 1363

• Ni Zan, The Rongxi Studio (full scroll on R), 1373

• Ni Zan, Mountains of the Immortals, 1371

• • EMPEROR

TAIZONG ARRIVING AT JIUCHENG PALACE. ca. 1500 Ming dynasty Traditionally attributed to Li Sixun , (Chinese, 651 – 718, Tang Dynasty)

The Emperor Ming-huang's Journey to Shu (copy) attributed to Li Zhaodao, 8th c

• Wang Meng (1308-1385), The Orchid Chamber, 1360-1380

• Det. Of scholars in caves from Orchid Chamber, Wang Meng

Wang Meng (ca. 1309-1385), Secluded Dwelling in the Qingbian Mountains, 1366

• Wang Meng compared to Guo Xi

• The Simple Retreat, Yuan dynasty (1279–1368), ca. 1370Wang Meng

• Wang Meng, Forest Grotto at Juqu

• Gu An, Zhang Shen, and Ni Zan with an inscription by Yang Weizhen, Winter Bamboo and Rock 

• Wang Mian (1287-1359), Ink Plum