MET DP165388 CRD - Public domain dedication. Metropolitan Museum of Art image.

Guo Xi (1020–1090) was a court professor, a literatus, a well-educated painter who developed an incredibly detailed system of idiomatic brushstrokes which became important for later painters. One of his most famous works is Early Spring, dated 1072. The work demonstrates his innovative techniques for producing multiple perspectives which he called "the angle of totality."