Looking Questions

• What materials did Xia Chang use to make this image?
• Make a list of everything you see. Is this a still life, a seascape, a portrait, or a landscape?
• What kinds of brushstrokes can you find (smooth, pointed strokes, blurry dots, pale washes, and vertical slashes)?
• What does each kind of brushstroke depict?
• Where are we in relation to this scene (above, below, or at eye level)?
• This is part of a long scroll that unrolls from right to left. What do you think Xia Chang painted in the sections before and after this one?