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Traveling Through Brush and Ink

This animated film is based on four Chinese painting masterpieces in the National Palace Museum's collection from masters who worked during various dynasties, including the Tang and the Song dynasties. The film explores Chinese landscape painting's capacity to draw a viewer into the painting and, t

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Traveling Through Brush and Ink: "Three Passages: Ping'an, Heru, and Fengju"
The "Travelling Through Brush and Ink" video series selects the most important painting and calligraphic works in the National Palace Museum's collection. Through innovative repres
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Traveling Through Brush and Ink: "Draft of a Requiem for My Nephew"
"Draft of a Requiem for My Nephew" by Yan Zhenqing – also known as Master Yan of Lu – is both a heartfelt missive about the loss of a family member as well as a historical account
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Traveling Through Brush and Ink: "Autobiography"
Huaisu's famous calligraphy work entitled "Autobiography" is considered by many to be his resume, complete with comments from his contemporaries praising his calligraphy. His brush
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Traveling Through Brush and Ink: "The Cold Food Observance"
Su Shi, also known as Dongpo, was a famous artist and politician during the Northern Song dynasty. While banished to Huangzhou after being accused of slander, he produced some of h
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Traveling Through Brush and Ink: "Inscription" and "Chengxin Tang"
This episode of the National Palace Museum's "Travelling Through Brush and Ink" video series discusses the importance of the scholars' studio and the items kept there. Early schola
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Traveling Through Brush and Ink: "On Sichuan Silk"
This episode of the National Palace Museum's "Travelling Through Brush and Ink" video series showcases Mi Fu's work, "On Sichuan Silk." Asked by a Northern Song dynasty-era governo
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Traveling Through Brush and Ink: The Art of Emperor Song Huizong
Though infamous for likely bringing about the end of the Northern Song dynasty, Emperor Huizong, also known as Zhao Ji, was a well-known calligrapher, artist, poet, and collector.
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Traveling Through Brush and Ink: "Emperor Minghuang's Journey to Shu"
The painting entitled "Emperor Minghuan's Journey to Shu" tells the story of the Emperor fleeing his capital at Chang'An after the An Lushan Rebellion. The image is divided into th