Mountain village among pines and white clouds / Artist Unknown, China
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Record Details
- Accession Number
- 1965/2.59
- Title
- Mountain village among pines and white clouds
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, China
- Medium and Support
- fan mounted as hanging scroll, ink and color on silk
- Object Creation Date
- 1368-1644
- Object Creation Place
- Asia (continent)
- China (nation)
- Creation Place 1
- Asia (continent)
- Creation Place 2
- China (nation)
- Style/Group/Movement
- fan mounted as hanging scroll
- Inscription
- Inscription of Artist: Ch'en Kuo Lung-shuang (fake)
- Dimensions
- 23.5 cm x 23.5 cm (9 1/4 in. x 9 1/4 in.)
- Primary Object Classification
- Painting
- Primary Object Type
- hanging scroll
- Secondary Object Classification
- Painting
- Secondary Object Type
- landscape
- Physical Description
- This fan painting shows a mountain village teeming with activity. The peaceful scene provides a glimpse at daily life, depicting villagers pushing carts of goods and traveling into and out of town, sometimes on horseback. The eye follows this lively village of white buildings and tan roofs as it weaves its way up the mountain slope to what appears to be a royal dwelling or city center capped with emerald green rooftops and enveloped by rolling white clouds.
- Subject Matter
- Round fans like the one mounted here lent themselves well to the hanging scroll format, for they were typically painted on silk rather than fragile paper. The use of fan paintings as the focal point of hanging scrolls is a testament to how fans were appreciated not only for their functionality, but for their artistic beauty as well.
- Secondary Keywords
- scale
- upward
- animals and creatures
- attributes and properties
- attributes and properties by specific type
- buildings and the land
- descriptors
- form attributes
- landforms
- landforms and landform components
- landforms by shape or position
- landscapes (environments)
- mammals
- natural landscapes
- plants
- settlements
- settlements and landscapes
- settlements by form
- shape
- single built works
- single built works by function
- single built works by specific type
- transportation structures
- transportation structures by form
- vegetation and vegetation components
- vegetation components
- woody plants
- Rights
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Technical Details
- Collection
- University of Michigan Museum of Art
- Image Size
- 959 x 1289
- File Size
- 88 KB
- Record
- 1965/2.59
- Link to this Item
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"Mountain village among pines and white clouds; Artist Unknown, China." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-1965-sl-2.59/1965_2.59.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 10, 2024.