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Li Kan
Chinese painter
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painting of bamboo
- In Chinese painting: Yuan dynasty (1206–1368)
Li Kan carefully studied the varieties of bamboo during his official travels and wrote a systematic treatise on painting them; he remains unsurpassed as a skilled bamboo painter. Gao Kegong followed Mi Fu and Mi Youren in painting cloudy landscapes that symbolized good government. Wang…
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Yuan dynasty arts
- In China: The arts
…by such important artists as Li Kan and Ren Renfa. Perpetuating northern traditions of the Tang and Song periods, these styles were practiced chiefly by scholar-officials associated with the court at the capital. Several members of the Mongol royal family became major patrons or collectors of such conservative styles, although…
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