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Featured Article: Shan shui

A painting by Northern Song Dynasty painter Guo Xi (c.1020–c.1090), demonstrating his innovative techniques for producing multiple perspectives

Shan shui refers to a style of Chinese painting that involves the painting of scenery or natural landscapes with brush and ink. The name literally translates to "mountain-water-picture." Mountains, rivers, and often waterfalls are prominent in this art form. Shan shui painting first rose to wide prominence in China in the tenth and eleventh centuries, during the Song Dynasty.

Popular Article: Acts of Union 1707

"Articles of Union otherwise known as Treaty of Union", 1707

The Acts of Union were a pair of Parliamentary Acts passed in 1706 and 1707 by, respectively, the Parliament of England and the Parliament of Scotland. The Acts joined the Kingdom of England and the Kingdom of Scotland (previously separate states, with separate legislatures but the same monarch) into a single Kingdom of Great Britain. A Treaty of Union was negotiated between the two countries, which led to the drawing up of the Bills which became the 1706/1707 Acts, which went into effect on May 1, 1707.

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