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Khan Academy: Congyi, Cloudy Mountains

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In this video [2:25] Met curator Maxwell K. Hearn on emptiness in Fang Congyi's Cloudy Mountains, second half of 14th century. Congyi,imbued with Daoist mysticism, painted landscapes that "turned the shapeless into shapes and returned things that have shapes to the shapeless."

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painting
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14th century painting, fang congyi, fang congyi, a daoist priest from jiangxi, khan academy, khan academy: congyi, cloudy mountains, turned the shapeless into shapes, metropolitan museum of art
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Classroom Considerations
  • Knovation Readability Score: 4 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)