The investigation of landscape, nature and ecology in contemporary art has its roots, in part, in the legacy of Romanticism and the search for man's place within the world.

Sunday, March 13, 2011

Chinese Botanical Paintings











Chinese Botanical Paintings,
Tetrapanax papyriferum (Hook.)Koch

265-420 A.D.
The earliest mention of the use of pith paper is thought to be during the Tsin Dynasty (265-420 A.D.). In the official records in the year of Jiann Kang "Jiann Kang Shyr Luh", it is mentioned that the emperor ordered servants to arrange flowers made from "Tung-tsaou".

http://www.huh.harvard.edu/libraries/Tetrap_exhibit/page2chinesebotanicals.htm
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