{"id":5193,"date":"2015-02-19T16:20:40","date_gmt":"2015-02-19T16:20:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.lib.uconn.edu\/archives\/?p=5193"},"modified":"2015-02-19T16:20:40","modified_gmt":"2015-02-19T16:20:40","slug":"archives-in-action-kuo-hsi-masterpiece-on-view","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.lib.uconn.edu\/archives\/2015\/02\/19\/archives-in-action-kuo-hsi-masterpiece-on-view\/","title":{"rendered":"Archives in Action: Kuo Hsi Masterpiece on View"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.lib.uconn.edu\/archives\/files\/2015\/02\/earlyspring1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-5197\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.lib.uconn.edu\/archives\/files\/2015\/02\/earlyspring1-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"earlyspring1\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.lib.uconn.edu\/archives\/files\/2015\/02\/earlyspring1-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/blogs.lib.uconn.edu\/archives\/files\/2015\/02\/earlyspring1-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.lib.uconn.edu\/archives\/files\/2015\/02\/earlyspring1.jpg 1224w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a>Early Spring, a masterpiece painted by Kuo Hsi in the year 1072, stands as a lasting testament to the infinite beauty of pressure and ink on silk. \u00a0The scroll painting, originally painted as two, depicts\u00a0a mist and tree-covered mountain and is produced in a style that Kuo Hsi developed after studying the work of Chinese master Li Ch\u2019eng.\u00a0 Kuo Hsi held a high position in the Imperial Painting Academy and wrote a treatise on landscape painting.\u00a0 Through the diligent work of his son, Kuo Ssu, Kuo Hsi\u2019s work was consolidated into a family collection which, though seldom seen by individuals outside the family, was preserved and treasured.<\/p>\n<p>As Chiang Chao-shen notes in an introduction to the scroll,<a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.lib.uconn.edu\/archives\/files\/2015\/02\/earlyspring2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-5198\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.lib.uconn.edu\/archives\/files\/2015\/02\/earlyspring2-290x300.jpg\" alt=\"earlyspring2\" width=\"290\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.lib.uconn.edu\/archives\/files\/2015\/02\/earlyspring2-290x300.jpg 290w, https:\/\/blogs.lib.uconn.edu\/archives\/files\/2015\/02\/earlyspring2-990x1024.jpg 990w, https:\/\/blogs.lib.uconn.edu\/archives\/files\/2015\/02\/earlyspring2.jpg 1201w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 290px) 100vw, 290px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The silhouette of the rocks and boulders is delineated with a heavy touch, the fog-washed trees with a light one.\u00a0 The washes work in harmony to express a complete idea of nature\u2019s forms under these seasonal conditions \u2013 with the treetops disappearing imperceptively into the vapor, their trunks still vigorously etched in darker ink.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The original scroll is housed in the National Palace Museum, Taipei, Republic of China.\u00a0 The fine art facsimile held at the Dodd Research Center, made by Nigensha Publishing <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.lib.uconn.edu\/archives\/files\/2015\/02\/earlyspring3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-5199\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.lib.uconn.edu\/archives\/files\/2015\/02\/earlyspring3-300x215.jpg\" alt=\"earlyspring3\" width=\"300\" height=\"215\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.lib.uconn.edu\/archives\/files\/2015\/02\/earlyspring3-300x215.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.lib.uconn.edu\/archives\/files\/2015\/02\/earlyspring3-1024x736.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.lib.uconn.edu\/archives\/files\/2015\/02\/earlyspring3-417x300.jpg 417w, https:\/\/blogs.lib.uconn.edu\/archives\/files\/2015\/02\/earlyspring3.jpg 1463w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Company of Japan, was on view for students in Dr. Yan Geng&#8217;s East Asian Painting class on Wednesday, February 18. \u00a0It will be unrolled again on Monday, February 23, 2015. The piece\u00a0was acquired specifically for use in the classroom.<\/p>\n<p><em style=\"color: #373737\"><strong>Archives in Action<\/strong> highlights how archives are being used today. 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