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Album of Landscape Paintings Illustrating Old Poems: Two Women with Needlework in a Garden

Hua Yan (Chinese, 1682–c. 1765), 1745.

Album of Landscape Paintings Illustrating Old Poems: Two Women with Needlework in a Garden
Album of Landscape Paintings Illustrating Old Poems: Two Women with Needlework in a Garden — Cleveland Museum of Art

Using it on a cover

The print file prints up to 11.3 x 9.2 in at 300 ppi — enough for a full 6 x 9 in front cover. Wider than a 6 x 9 cover: crop about 46% of the width, or use it as a wraparound across back and spine.

About the work

Two women doing needlework are confined in an interior space. The other 11 paintings in this Hua Yan album show men in nature. The women may experience the natural world only through the large moon-shaped window open to a garden. Prominently displayed in the garden is a Taihu stone, like CMA 2022.23 . Taihu stones are valued for their natural shapes and sculptural qualities and are a cultural peculiarity. These perforated limestones were originally sourced from Lake Tai in southeast China from where they got their names.

More garden art

Diptych with the Passion of Christ (right wing): Crowning with Thorns and Agony on the Garden Diptych with the Passion of Christ (right wing)… Unknown artistc. 1400 The Garden of the Rousseau Family The Garden of the Rousseau Family James Ensor (Belgian, 1860–1949)1885 Under the Trees (from "The Public Gardens") Under the Trees (from "The Public Gardens") Édouard Vuillard (French, 1868–1940)1894 Ravana addresses Sita in the garden of Lanka, from Chapters 53 and 54 of the Aranya Kanda (Book of the Forest) of a Ramayana (Rama’s Journey) Ravana addresses Sita in the garden of Lanka… Unknown artistc. 1725 Garden for Solitary Enjoyment Garden for Solitary Enjoyment Qiu Ying (Chinese, 1494–1552)1515–52 Oath of the Peach Garden, from Romance of the Three Kingdoms Oath of the Peach Garden, from Romance of the… Matsumura Goshun (Japanese, 1752–1811)c. 1780 Women bathing before an architectural panorama Women bathing before an architectural panorama Fayzullah (Indian, active c. 1730–1765)c. 1765 Girls Spraying Each Other at Holi Girls Spraying Each Other at Holi Unknown artistc. 1640–50

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