Snow Scene / Chang Ku-nien
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Record Details
- Accession Number
- 2006/1.105
- Title
- Snow Scene
- Artist
- Chang Ku-nien
- Artist Nationality
- Chinese
- Artist Life Dates
- (Shanghai, China, 1906 - 1987, Flint, Michigan)
- Medium and Support
- ink on paper
- Object Creation Date
- 1968
- 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
- Style/Group/Movement
- ink
- Inscription
- Inscriiption, signature, date, and 3 seals of the artist
- Dimensions
- 180 cm x 95.5 cm (70 7/8 in. x 37 5/8 in.)
- Century
- 20th century
- Primary Object Classification
- Painting
- Primary Object Type
- ink painting
- Secondary Object Classification
- Painting
- Secondary Object Type
- landscape
- Physical Description
- The painting depicts mountains and bold branches covered by snow, presenting a cristal clear landscape of cold splendor.
- Subject Matter
- Chang Ku-nien created this after a heavy snow fall. The beauty of the white snow and extreme chilliness excited Chang's passion to depict such a jade-like and heavenly scene. Chang's pursuit of literati artistic tradition is also revealed here as the colophons quoted a discussion of the essence of literati painting by two painting master in the Yuan dynasty.
- Secondary Keywords
- associated concepts
- buildings and the land
- coating (material)
- coating by form
- descriptors
- earth sciences concepts
- image-making processes and techniques
- materials
- materials by function
- people and culture
- physical sciences concepts
- precipitation
- processes and techniques
- processes and techniques by specific type
- scientific concepts
- settlements and landscapes
- weather and related phenomena
- weather-related phenomena
- writing (processes)
- Rights
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Technical Details
- Collection
- University of Michigan Museum of Art
- Image Size
- 1944 x 3684
- File Size
- 315 KB
- Record
- 2006/1.105
- Link to this Item
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https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-2006-sl-1.105/2006_1.105.jpg
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"Snow Scene; Chang Ku-nien." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-2006-sl-1.105/2006_1.105.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed March 28, 2024.