メトロポリタン美術館のインスタグラム(metmuseum) - 12月5日 09時14分
In 1799, our #WomanCrushWednesday Cao Zhenxiu wrote a series of 16 poems about legendary women from Chinese history and folklore. 💥
This genre, known as "exemplary women" (lienü), was old—but Cao's choices were new.
Dissatisfied with the usual heroines—chaste widows and dutiful daughters—Cao wrote about poets, scholars, calligraphers, artists, and warriors, arguing for an expanded understanding of female virtue.
To bring her work to life, Cao asked 25-year-old artist Gai Qi to illustrate her poems. 🖋️ Gai made paintings that also challenged tradition, pairing virtuoso brush technique with witty, inventive compositions to match Cao's poems.
🎨 Poems by Cao Zhenxiu (Chinese, 1762–ca. 1822). Paintings by Gai Qi (Chinese, 1773–1828). 清 改琦，曹貞秀 列女圖 冊 Famous Women, 1799. Album of sixteen painted leaves with facing inscriptions; ink on paper. #wcw #TheMet #5WomenArtists
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