Wang Xizhi watching geese ca. 1295 Qian Xuan Chinese After the fall of Hangzhou, the Southern Song capital, in 1276, the artist Qian Xuan chose to live as an yimin, a leftover subject” of the dynasty. Painted in his deliberately primitive blue-and-green” style, this handscroll illustrates the story of Wang Xizhi ( 303 - 361), the calligraphy master of legendary fame and a practitioner of Daoist alchemy, who was said to derive inspiration from natural forms such as the graceful neck movements of geese. In creating a dreamlike evocation of antiquity, the artist prevented a realistic reading of his picture space as a way of asserting the disjuncture he felt after the fall of the Song royal house. Listen to experts illuminate this artwork's story Listen Play or pause #7460. Wang Xizhi Watching Geese, Part 1 Play or pause #7460. Wang Xizhi Watching Geese, Part 2 Supported by Bloomberg Philanthropies We're sorry, the transcript for this audio track is not available at this time. We are wo

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Wang Xizhi watching geese ca. 1295 Qian Xuan Chinese After the fall of Hangzhou, the Southern Song capital, in 1276, the artist Qian Xuan chose to live as an yimin, a leftover subject” of the dynasty. Painted in his deliberately primitive blue-and-green” style, this handscroll illustrates the story of Wang Xizhi ( 303 - 361), the calligraphy master of legendary fame and a practitioner of Daoist alchemy, who was said to derive inspiration from natural forms such as the graceful neck movements of geese. In creating a dreamlike evocation of antiquity, the artist prevented a realistic reading of his picture space as a way of asserting the disjuncture he felt after the fall of the Song royal house. Listen to experts illuminate this artwork's story Listen Play or pause #7460. Wang Xizhi Watching Geese, Part 1 Play or pause #7460. Wang Xizhi Watching Geese, Part 2 Supported by Bloomberg Philanthropies We're sorry, the transcript for this audio track is not available at this time. We are wo

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