Poetry and Painting in Chinese Literati Culture

The Roman poet Horace proclaimed: “As in painting, so in poetry,” and this point of view has been influential in the Western tradition. In 11th –century China, the Song poet-scholar Su Shi expressed his great admiration for the Tang poet-painter Wang Wei in the words: “There is painting in his poetr...

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