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River Village in a Rainstorm

River Village in a Rainstorm

江村風雨圖

c. 1480–1507

Lu Wenying 呂文英

(Chinese)

China, Ming dynasty

(1368–1644)

Hanging scroll, ink and slight color on silk

Painting: 170.5 x 103.4 cm (67 1/8 x 40 11/16 in.); Overall with knobs: 279.6 x 134.3 cm (110 1/16 x 52 7/8 in.)

John L. Severance Fund 1970.76

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A young boy peeks out a window perhaps viewing the two people struggling through the rain.

Description

Over this vista, the diagonal sweeps of the storm—the bands of wind and rain that conceal the land and stir up the river while bending all the vegetation—intensify its unstoppable momentum. Beneath the blur of nature’s fury are buildings and pavilions, or human settlements that remain peaceful and unaffected. This is not a depiction of a catastrophe, but rather an appreciation of nature’s awesome power.

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