Resumen de Epitome of National Disgrace: A Painting Illuminating Song-Jin Diplomatic Relations
The article discusses the Chinese scroll "A Diplomatic Mission to the Jin," part of the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City. The author describes the painting's subject of a Song diplomatic mission to the Jin court and traces Song-Jin diplomatic relations in the 12th century. The author suggests that the painting features a late Northern Song style and compares it to other landscape paintings. Specific topics include political aspects of the painting, robes and musicians depicted in the painting, the dating of the painting to the mid-twelfth century, Yang Bangji as the painter of the painting, and Emperor Hailing as the painting's recipient. Specific Chinese artists discussed include Mi Youren, Su Shi, and Mi Fu.
