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arts, the most famous being Hui Tsung, whose collection of nearly 6,400
paintings by 231 masters was lost or scattered at the fall of Pien-ching. Hui Tsung
was himself an accomplished calligrapher and a painter chiefly of birds and
flowers in ...
arts, the most famous being Hui Tsung, whose collection of nearly 6,400
paintings by 231 masters was lost or scattered at the fall of Pien-ching. Hui Tsung
was himself an accomplished calligrapher and a painter chiefly of birds and
flowers in ...
Page 201
Painting. The early Ming emperors revived the custom of summoning painters to
court, although the Sung academy was never properly reconstituted, and the
painters who did obey the summons were, in the first decades of the dynasty at
least, ...
Painting. The early Ming emperors revived the custom of summoning painters to
court, although the Sung academy was never properly reconstituted, and the
painters who did obey the summons were, in the first decades of the dynasty at
least, ...
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Other first-generation Neoclassicists include the painters David Allan, Sir
Nathaniel Dance, and Alexander Runciman, and the decorative artists Antonio
Zucchi, Giovanni Battista Cipriani, and Biagio Rebecca. The leading artist of the
younger ...
Other first-generation Neoclassicists include the painters David Allan, Sir
Nathaniel Dance, and Alexander Runciman, and the decorative artists Antonio
Zucchi, Giovanni Battista Cipriani, and Biagio Rebecca. The leading artist of the
younger ...
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