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The Crazy Zhang and the Drunk Su

May 31, 2009
“The crazy Zhang and the drunk Su (颠张醉素)” is used to refer to Zhang Xu (张旭) and Huai Su (怀素), the two most famous cursive-style calligraphers in Chinese history. Both of them lived during the Tang Dynasty (618-907).

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The Four Masters of the Yuan Dynasty

May 22, 2009
The Four Masters of the Yuan Dynasty is a name used to collectively describe the four Chinese painters Huang Gongwang (黄公望), Wang Meng (王蒙), Ni Zan (倪瓒) and Wu Zhen (吴镇), who were active in the Yuan Dynasty (1271–1368). They worked during the Yuan period and were revered during the Ming Dynasty and later periods as major exponents of the tradition of “literati painting” (文人画), which was concerned more with individual expression and learning than with outward repr...
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Welcome to China Online Museum!

May 13, 2009
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The main objective of China Online Museum is to showcase galleries of Chinese art and history. At the time, effort is devoted to expanding the galleries of Chinese calligraphy and painting.

In the future, we hope China Online Museum will become a place where people with various backgrounds c...
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