Old Man and The Green Mountain (Ch'ing-shan lao-fu) / Shitao (Shih-t'ao)
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- Accession Number
- 1959/2.82
- Title
- Old Man and The Green Mountain (Ch'ing-shan lao-fu)
- Artist
- Shitao (Shih-t'ao)
- Artist Nationality
- Chinese
- Artist Life Dates
- 1642-1707
- Medium and Support
- ink on paper
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1671-1707
- Object Creation Place
- Asia (continent)
- China (nation)
- Creation Place 1
- Asia (continent)
- Creation Place 2
- China (nation)
- Credit Line
- Museum Purchase
- Inscription
- Colophon dated, signed 1893.
- Dimensions
- 49.5 cm x 31 cm (19 1/2 in. x 12 3/16 in.)
- Century
- 17th century
- Primary Object Classification
- Painting
- Primary Object Type
- hanging scroll
- Secondary Object Classification
- Painting
- Secondary Object Type
- landscape
- Physical Description
- An ink painting of a mountainscape with hills and abstract paths. Trees are depicted in darker shades, though most do not hold any detail. The image is in the lower half of the hanging scroll, and the upper half is covered with text. The image is entirely grey-scale.
- Subject Matter
- The subject is the Taoist or Buddhist recluse, which Shi Tao painted often. Here the artist has signed the painting with his monastic names Yuanji (“Origin of Salvation”) and Xia Zun Zhe (“Honorable Blind One”). The text above the image is an accompaniment written by art historians praising Shitao's work.
- Secondary Keywords
- upward
- buildings and the land
- descriptors
- image-making processes and techniques
- inorganic material
- landforms
- landforms and landform components
- landforms by shape or position
- materials
- materials by composition
- natural landscapes
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people by state or condition
- plants
- processes and techniques
- processes and techniques by specific type
- settlements and landscapes
- vegetation and vegetation components
- vegetation components
- woody plants
- writing (processes)
- Rights
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Technical Details
- Collection
- University of Michigan Museum of Art
- Image Size
- 733 x 1237
- File Size
- 114 KB
- Record
- 1959/2.82
- Link to this Item
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"Old Man and The Green Mountain (Ch'ing-shan lao-fu); Shitao (Shih-t'ao)." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-1959-sl-2.82/1959_2.82.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 31, 2024.