Wulai Falls Based on Sketches / Chang Ku-nien
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Record Details
- Accession Number
- 2006/1.121
- Title
- Wulai Falls Based on Sketches
- Artist
- Chang Ku-nien
- Artist Nationality
- Chinese
- Artist Life Dates
- 1906-1987
- Medium and Support
- hanging scroll, ink and light color on paper
- Object Creation Date
- 1981
- Object Creation Place
- North and Central America (continent)
- United States (nation)
- Michigan (state)
- Creation Place 1
- North and Central America (continent)
- Creation Place 2
- United States (nation)
- Creation Place 3
- Michigan (state)
- Credit Line
- Gift of Dr. Cheng-Yang and Mrs. Shirley Chang
- Dimensions
- 34 cm x 69 cm (13 3/8 in. x 27 3/16 in.)
- Century
- 20th century
- Primary Object Classification
- Painting
- Primary Object Type
- ink painting
- Secondary Object Classification
- Painting
- Secondary Object Type
- landscape
- Physical Description
- The Wulai Waterfalls are shown in a “Y” shape configuration, and painted in simple light ink washes. On a hill-path on the center right several tourists are represented as riding some kind of rickshaw.
- Subject Matter
- The painting depicts Wulai Waterfalls, a popular scenic tourist site located in suburban Taipei. The recognizable “Y” shape configuration of Wulai Waterfalls is clearly visible.
- Painted simply in light ink washes, the waterfalls fall into the backdrop. The viewer’s attention is directed to the hill-path on the center left, where several tourists are represented as riding some kind of rickshaw, a popular fashion at the time. The artist’s choice of including this local fashion as a point of reference in the painting creates and enhances a sense of presence for the viewer, enabling him/her to imagine himself/herself visiting the actual scene.
- 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
- information artifacts
- information artifacts by physical form
- information forms
- landscapes (environments)
- materials
- materials by function
- natural landscapes
- objects we use
- 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
- Record
- 2006/1.121
- Link to this Item
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https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-2006-sl-1.121/2006_1_121.jpg
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"Wulai Falls Based on Sketches; Chang Ku-nien." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-2006-sl-1.121/2006_1_121.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed March 27, 2024.