Swallow's Mouth Cave / Chang Ku-nien

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Accession Number
2006/1.109
Title
Swallow's Mouth Cave
Artist
Chang Ku-nien
Artist Nationality
Chinese
Artist Life Dates
(Shanghai, China, 1906 - 1987, Flint, Michigan)
Medium and Support
hanging scroll, ink on paper
Object Creation Date
1978
Object Creation Place
North and Central America (continent)
United States (nation)
Michigan (state)
Creation Place 2
United States (nation)
Creation Place 3
Michigan (state)
Dimensions
60 cm x 39 cm (23 5/8 in. x 15 3/8 in.)
Century
20th century
Primary Object Classification
Painting
Primary Object Type
hanging scroll
Secondary Object Classification
Painting
Secondary Object Type
landscape
Physical Description
A view, perhaps from inside a cave, that provides a glimpse of a small strech of highway through mountainous terrain. A river flows below, cutting a path between the mountains.
Subject Matter
A scene of the Cross-Island Highway in Taiwan. Central Cross-Island Highway was the first national highway of great magnitude, crossing the Central Mountain Range and connecting the east coast to the west bank of Taiwan. Running through exceedingly rugged and unstable terrain, the construction of this route was extremely challenging. The completion of the roadway not only was celebrated as a symbolic icon of Taiwan’s governmental accomplishment, but also because it opened to worldwide tourists astonishing, yet previously un-accessible scenic spots of Taroko Gorge and nearby natural mountainous areas along the route, nowadays known as the Taroko National Park.
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2563 x 3670
File Size
1 MB
Record
2006/1.109
Link to this Item
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"Swallow's Mouth Cave; Chang Ku-nien." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-2006-sl-1.109/2006_1_109.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed March 30, 2024.
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