Why it mattered: The combination of canvas, oil paint and perspective enabled European artists to “create the most realistic ...

A baby-faced young man sitting on the front row of Christie’s New York saleroom outbid several rivals to win a Song dynasty scroll painting of dragons for $49 million on Wednesday. Chen Rong’s scroll, ...

Artist Yun-Fei Ji's epic scroll 'The Village and its Ghosts' 2 Artist Yun-Fei Ji's epic scroll 'The Village and its Ghosts' 2 (Photo by Doug MacCash / NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune) China is enjoying ...

A Qianlong-dynasty scroll painting sold today in Toulouse, south-west France, for a record 22.1 million euros ($31 million), the latest in a series of big-ticket auction prices pledged by Asian ...

How to make the Universe Right presents an extraordinary selection of Shaman scrolls and an extensive array of ceremonial objects of the Yao, Tày, Sán Dìu, Cao Làn, Nùng, Sán Chảy, and other small ...

"The Immortal Magu with Wine Vessels" ink on silk scroll, on exhibit at the Davis Museum at Wellesley College, Massachusetts. (Robin Lubbock/WBUR) Editor's note: This story is an excerpt from WBUR's ...

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In Samarkand's UNESCO conference room, a 10-meter-long Qing Dynasty (1644-1911) scroll painting was brought to life through high technology. An Era in Jinling, once a fragile relic in Nanjing, East ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. From card: "Central painting on ...