Hearing the Sound of a Distant Bell / Chang Ku-nien
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Record Details
- Accession Number
- 2006/1.122
- Title
- Hearing the Sound of a Distant Bell
- 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
- 1973
- Object Creation Place
- Asia (continent)
- Taiwan (nation)
- Creation Place 1
- Asia (continent)
- Creation Place 2
- Taiwan (nation)
- Credit Line
- Gift of Dr. Cheng-Yang and Mrs. Shirley Chang
- Dimensions
- 75.6 cm x 40.6 cm (29 3/4 in. x 16 in.)
- Century
- 20th century
- Primary Object Classification
- Painting
- Primary Object Type
- hanging scroll
- Secondary Object Classification
- Painting
- Secondary Object Type
- ink painting
- Physical Description
- Ink and wash depicts the tranquility. Temples rest in the middle of the remote mountains. Hearing the bell resonnating in the valley, a monk is returning.
- Subject Matter
- A monk is walking on the wandering mountain lanes to return to the temple. A sound of distant bell transcends the quiteness of the painting.
- Secondary Keywords
- hollow-bodied
- bells and sets of bells
- chordophones
- coating (material)
- coating by form
- descriptors
- directly struck idiophones
- materials
- materials by function
- objects we use
- paintings
- paintings by form
- percussion idiophones
- scroll paintings
- sound devices
- sound devices by acoustical characteristics
- struck idiophones
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- Rights
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Technical Details
- Collection
- University of Michigan Museum of Art
- Record
- 2006/1.122
- Link to this Item
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https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-2006-sl-1.122/2006_1_122.jpg
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"Hearing the Sound of a Distant Bell; Chang Ku-nien." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-2006-sl-1.122/2006_1_122.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 20, 2024.
