Waterfall at Milky Way Cave / Chang Ku-nien
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Record Details
- Accession Number
- 2006/1.143
- Title
- Waterfall at Milky Way Cave
- Artist
- Chang Ku-nien
- Artist Nationality
- Chinese
- Artist Life Dates
- 1906-1987
- Medium and Support
- hanging scroll, ink on paper
- Object Creation Date
- 1970-1990
- Object Creation Place
- Asia (continent)
- Taiwan (nation)
- Taipei
- Creation Place 1
- Asia (continent)
- Creation Place 2
- Taiwan (nation)
- Creation Place 3
- Taipei
- Credit Line
- Gift of Ted and Syauchen Baker
- Dimensions
- 153 cm x 63 cm (60 1/4 in. x 24 13/16 in.)
- Century
- 20th century
- Primary Object Classification
- Painting
- Primary Object Type
- hanging scroll
- Secondary Object Classification
- Painting
- Secondary Object Type
- landscape
- Physical Description
- An intricate ecology of plants grows up this mountainside landscape. Two men walk in a clearing below a building. A waterfall flows downward on the upper left, below calligraphic text.
- Subject Matter
- Ink painting landscape of a waterfall at Milky Way Cave, a topographical landmark in the suburbs of Taipei. A scholar, identifiable by his robe and staff, walks down a mountain path. The bamboo grove in the middle ground serves as a metaphor for the scholar/hermit in Chinese art and literature. As the scholar in this piece holds a bamboo staff, he is considered to be a high-minded scholar.
- Secondary Keywords
- bodies of water and components of bodies of water
- buildings and the land
- coating (material)
- coating by form
- components of bodies of water
- descriptors
- landform components
- landforms and landform components
- landscapes (environments)
- materials
- materials by function
- natural landscapes
- objects we use
- paintings
- paintings by form
- scroll paintings
- settlements and landscapes
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- Rights
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Technical Details
- Collection
- University of Michigan Museum of Art
- Image Size
- 1453 x 3600
- File Size
- 636 KB
- Record
- 2006/1.143
- Link to this Item
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https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-2006-sl-1.143/2006_1.143.jpg
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"Waterfall at Milky Way Cave; Chang Ku-nien." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-2006-sl-1.143/2006_1.143.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 24, 2024.
