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About Natural History and Chinese Painting
This collaborative research project considers the intersections between natural science and visual culture in traditional China (10th - 19th centuries) by investigating the species of plants and animals depicted in paintings.
- How many of these species can we identify today?
- Might any pictures of extinct species lurk in these paintings?
- Why did artists render animals and plants with so much naturalism?
- What patterns can we detect in the combinations of specific birds and plants?