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Kao K’o-kung

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In Chinese painting: Yuan dynasty (1206–1368)
Gao Kegong followed Mi Fu and Mi Youren in painting cloudy landscapes that symbolized good government. Wang Mian, who served not the Mongols but anti-Mongol forces at the end of the dynasty, set the highest standard for the painting of plums, a symbol of irrepressible…
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