FA 34a Lecture Notes - Lecture 18: Architectural Drawing
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By the early 12th century, the population in china reached 100 million. Zhang zeduan"s going up the river at qingming is a 17-foot-long handscroll. Qingming means pure and clear , but the word is also used as a reference to the weather or a. The lack of ancestral graves casts doubts on the festival interpretation. A river spans the country side to the inner city. This river was actually a canal that connected the. The handscroll contains details of commercial activities, such as ships, vendors, and a thriving urban life. Though the scroll is 17 feet long, it is only about one foot wide. The handscroll is filled with numerous minute details that reveal a superb command of realism. Other details include shop signs and sedan chairs used to carry people via people. Goods are being transported on land via animals and carts. The picture uses convincing recessional and 3 .
