Landscapes after old masters

Dai Xi

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

These landscapes offer an idiosyncratic tour through painting history. Dai Xi manipulates the textures and shapes associated with work by Huang Gongwang (1269–1354), Shen Zhou (1427–1509), Wu Li (1632–1718), and Yun Shouping (1633–1690), asking us to consider how we understand these four painters, both separately and together, across time.

Asian Art

An exhibit at Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Met's collection of Asian art—more than 35,000 objects, ranging in date from the third millennium B.C. to the twenty-first century—is one of the largest and most comprehensive in the world. Each of the many civilizations of Asia is represented by outstanding works, providing an unrivaled experience of the artistic traditions of nearly half the world.

Metropolitan Museum of Art