Bird of Prey and Lotus Pond

Subject Matter:

"The Kano school was the longest lived and most influential school of painting in Japanese history; its more than 300-year prominence is unique in world art history. Working from the fifteenth century into modern times, this hereditary assemblage of professional, secular painters succeeded in attracting numerous patrons from the most affluent social classes by developing, mastering, and promoting a broad range of painting styles, pictorial themes, and formats."

“The Kano School of Painting.” Metmuseum.org, 2003, www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/kano/hd_kano.htm.

Physical Description:

There is a pine tree, we can clearly see the roughness of the bark. Above the tree in s hawk that if flying downwards toward the tree. Behind the tree, there is a lotus pond and stretches until the mountain which if further in the distance. There is a little mist in front of the mountains. Surrounding this picture is a green and gold border.

 

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