Romare Bearden's painting Blue is the Smoke of War, White the Bones of Men is named for a poem by this author.
Romare Bearden's painting Blue is the Smoke of War, White the Bones of Men is named for a poem by this author. This poet asked "When shall I reach the top and hold all mountains in a single glance?" in his poem "A View of Taishan." In another of this author's poems, a soldier asserts that "the frontier posts run with enough blood to fill an ocean / and the war-loving Emperor's dreams of conquest have still not ended" after Xian-yang bridge is covered with dust kicked up by the title objects, which "rumble and rattle." In his home country, this author is known by the epithets Shish?g and Shishi, which translate to "sage poet" and "poet historian." He wrote war poems such as "A Song of Chariots" after being captured by rebels during the An Lu-Shan rebellion. For 10 points, name this Confucian Tang Dynasty poet who wrote many poems about his friend Li Po.
Romare Bearden's painting Blue is the Smoke of War, White the Bones of Men is named for a poem by this author.
Du Fu [or Tu Fu]