Landscape 1368 - 1644

This landscape was made with ink and color on silk. Here, the artist Fan Hong depicts a humble dwelling nestled within a rugged mountain landscape, bridged by a modest pathway over a gently meandering stream. These mountains are not merely physical formations; they are symbols of stability, endurance, and spiritual refuge, their symbolism echoing across cultures from the European Alps to the Andes. The tiny figure on the bridge, dwarfed by the immensity of nature, brings to mind Caspar David Friedrich's wanderer, contemplating the sublime. But here, there’s also a sense of harmony: human existence coexisting peacefully within the grand, eternal scheme of the cosmos. This symbol resurfaces time and again, as a timeless commentary on our place in the universe, and how we constantly renegotiate it across cultures and centuries.