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Painting under the Song Dynasty
![<em>Snow Mountains</em> by Guo Xi, located in the Shanghai Museum.](../../../../../../../../../figures.boundless-cdn.com/16245/full/186px-deep-valley.jpeg)
Snow Mountains by Guo Xi, located in the Shanghai Museum.
Guo Xi, a representative painter of landscape painting in the Northern Song dynasty, has been well known for depicting mountains, rivers and forests in winter. This piece shows a scene of deep and serene mountain valley covered with snow and several old trees struggling to survive on precipitous cliffs. It is a masterpiece of Guo Xi by using light ink and magnificent composition to express his open and high artistic conception.
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