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Title – Three Friends of the Cold Season

Artist – Zhao Mengjian

Period/Dynasty – Yuan Dynasty

Century – 13th Century

Significance – Painter was a loyal artist aka "yimin" which means leftover subjects from the Song Dynasty Chinese. Member of the Song Imperial family. Pine, plum blossom, and bamboo are able to survive in the winter (resembles resistance).

Title – Autumn Colors of the Qiao and Hua Mountains

Artist – Zhao Mengu

Period/Dynasty – Yuan Dyansty

Century – 1296

Significance – Zhao Mengu painted this painting for Zhou Mi to show him his homeland. Mengu created a "mind landscape" or memory landscape.

Title – Zhang Guo Having an Audience with Emperor Minghuang

Artist – Ren Renfa

Period/Dynasty – Yuan Dynasty

Century – 13th-14th Century

Significance – Figure Painting. The painter is a court official. Zhang Guo is a Daoist magician that shrinks horses and enlarges them when he needs them. Composition in mirror.

Title – Waiting for the Ferry on an Autumn River

Artist – Sheng Mao

Period/Dynasty – Yuan Dyansty

Century – 1351

Significance – Sheng Mao studied the scholarly style and was part of a family of painters. His patrons were literati and he usually used literati materials for painting. He has more naturaliistic work than literati artists.

Title – Fisherman

Artist – Wu Zhen

Period/Dynasty – Yuan Dynasty

Century – 1342

Significance – A painting of self-expression. Dong-Tu style which show low rolling hills. The fisherman symbolizes patience and relaxation.