Reading "The Book of Changes" at a Pavilion in Autumn / Zhang Hong [Chang Hung]

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Accession Number
1978/2.60
Title
Reading "The Book of Changes" at a Pavilion in Autumn
Artist Nationality
Chinese
Artist Life Dates
1577 - after 1668
Object Creation Date
1639
Object Creation Place
Asia (continent)
China (nation)
Creation Place 1
Asia (continent)
Creation Place 2
China (nation)
Dimensions
115.2 cm x 57.7 cm (45 3/8 in. x 22 11/16 in.)
Century
17th century
Primary Object Classification
Painting
Primary Object Type
hanging scroll
Secondary Object Classification
Painting
Secondary Object Type
figures on landscape
Physical Description
Inscription: … painted at Mr. Zhu’s Plum Hut Studio in the winter of 1639. Zhang Hong of Suzhou
Two seals of the artist
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A solitary scholar, dwarfed by the surrounding autumnal landscape, seated inside a pavilion as he contemplates the ancient classic, The Book of Changes.
Subject Matter
An artist whose career spanned the last years of the Ming dynasty and the conquest of China by the Manchus in 1644, Zhang Hong, a native of Suzhou, worked in the literati tradition but earned his livelihood from painting. Studying the profound mystical text of The Book of Changes in the melancholy mood of fall would be especially resonant. Also, fall is a time for government exams, which this person seems unconcerned with.
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"Reading "The Book of Changes" at a Pavilion in Autumn; Zhang Hong [Chang Hung]." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-1978-sl-2.60/1978_2.60.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed March 29, 2024.
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