?? ?? ????? ??, Viewing plum blossoms by moonlight, Southern Song dynasty (1127–1279), early 13th century, China, Fan mounted as an album leaf; ink and color on silk, Image: 9 7/8 x 10 1/2 in. (25.1 x 26.7 cm), Paintings, Ma Yuan (Chinese, active ca. 1190–1225), Crafted as carefully as the regulated verse of a Tang dynasty quatrain, Ma Yuan's Viewing Plum Blossoms by Moonlight is a visual poem evoking a complex sense of time, place, and mood. The browns and blacks in the trees and rocks contrast with the light grayish hues of the cliff and mountain to suggest the mist-filled, moonlit atmosphere of an early spring evening.
?? ?? ????? ??, Viewing plum blossoms by moonlight, Southern Song dynasty (1127–1279), early 13th century, China, Fan mounted as an album leaf; ink and color on silk, Image: 9 7/8 x 10 1/2 in. (25.1 x 26.7 cm), Paintings, Ma Yuan (Chinese, active ca. 1190–1225), Crafted as carefully as the regulated verse of a Tang dynasty quatrain, Ma Yuan's Viewing Plum Blossoms by Moonlight is a visual poem evoking a complex sense of time, place, and mood. The browns and blacks in the trees and rocks contrast with the light grayish hues of the cliff and mountain to suggest the mist-filled, moonlit atmosphere of an early spring evening