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Zhu
Zhishan

1461 — 1527 · Renaissance

The Scholar of Wuzhong Zhu Zhishan lived through the middle years of the Ming Dynasty, moving between the administrative duties of a magistrate and the quiet rhythms of a scholar. Born in Changzhou, within the region of today’s Suzhou, his life was shaped by the …

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Zhu Zhishan
The Palette Genome

A portrait built from Zhu Zhishan's own colours

Every 3 approved work contributes its dominant tone to a single flowing field. Sorted along the hue wheel, the strip reads as a smooth spectrum. Click any band to reveal its full four-colour palette.

← Cool · Shadow Warm · Earth Gold · Light →

Bands follow the hue wheel; visually identical tones are merged.

Four-Colour Decomposition
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The Chromatic Knot

Every painting, placed on the hue wheel

Each dot is a work — its angle set by hue, its distance from the centre by saturation. Hover a dot to see the painting.

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Reading the Genome

The signature, in numbers