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Title

Crater and Cracked Earth, Andagua Valley, Peru

Artist

Marilyn Bridges

Physical Description

Bird's eye view of a valley that has a large dome shaped mound in the center of it.

Artist Life Dates

b. 1957

Object Creation Date

1989

Accession Number

2014/2.277

Medium and Support

gelatin silver print on paper

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rank 9.92504

Primary Keywords

mountain

valley (landform)

Title

Grave Circle, Mycenae, Greece

Artist

Marilyn Bridges

Physical Description

An bird's eye view of a site of ruins. Very hilly and full of foliage.

Artist Life Dates

b. 1957

Object Creation Date

1984

Accession Number

2014/2.273

Medium and Support

gelatin silver print on paper

relevance

rank 9.92504

Primary Keywords

mountain

sites, archaeological

Title

Ali Mountain Based on Sketches - 6

Artist

Chang Ku-nien

Physical Description

One of six hanging scrolls in a series depicting the landscape of Ali Mountain, trees and hillside are shown below calligraphic text. The artist uses alternating wet ink washes for the misty clouds and dry flying-brushes for the large pine trees

Artist Life Dates

(Shanghai, China, 1906 - 1987, Flint, Michigan)

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1965

Accession Number

2006/1.141

Medium and Support

hanging scroll, ink on paper

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rank 9.81592

Primary Keywords

hanging scrolls

ink

mountain

Title

Scholar by a Mountain Stream

Artist

Feng Chaoran (Feng Chao-an)

Physical Description

A scholar in the mountains leans on rocks under a tree and stares into the distance. The pine tree is a metaphor for a man of integrity. He is contemplating over the sound of the waterfall.

Artist Life Dates

1882-1954

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1st half of 20th century

Accession Number

2006/1.119

Medium and Support

ink and color on paper

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rank 9.81592

Primary Keywords

ink

mountain

scholar

stream

Title

Jade Mountain, Auspicious Snow

Artist

Chang Ku-nien

Physical Description

Though this painting was not dated, it should be most possibly painted after Chang moved to Michigan in 1974. Perhaps it is because of the cold winter, during this time, Chang created many works on landscape of snow. This is a scene of clearing after snow.

Artist Life Dates

(Shanghai, China, 1906 - 1987, Flint, Michigan)

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

last quarter of 20th century

Accession Number

2006/1.113

Medium and Support

unmounted scroll, ink on paper

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rank 9.81592

Primary Keywords

mountain

scroll paintings

snow

Title

Mountain Light, Cloud Shadow

Artist

Chang Ku-nien

Physical Description

The use of light ink to depict the hills and remote mountains was to present the misty and dreamlike Dayu Mountain. Chang applied the wash to creat a sense of wet atmosphere.

Artist Life Dates

(Shanghai, China, 1906 - 1987, Flint, Michigan)

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1974

Accession Number

2006/1.107

Medium and Support

unmounted scroll, ink on paper

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rank 9.70917

Primary Keywords

ink

landscape

mountain

scroll painting

Title

The Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido (Gyosho Edition): #11 Hakone

Artist

Andô Hiroshige

Physical Description

A woodblock print of men traveling on a brown-grey path through blue-green mountains. In the center, traveling to the viewer's left, two men carry a covered chair that contains another man in a blue robe, followed by a man wearing a blue robe and white oval hat who carries a pack balanced on a stick on his sholder. Two other men approach on the path from the distance (viewer's left).

Artist Life Dates

1797-1858

Object Creation Date

circa 1841-1842

Accession Number

2011/2.195

Medium and Support

woodblock print on paper

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rank 9.60473

Primary Keywords

mountain passes

rock

travelers

woodblock prints

Title

Ali Mountain Based on Sketches - 4

Artist

Chang Ku-nien

Physical Description

One of six hanging scrolls in a series depicting the landscape of Ali Mountain, trees and hillside are shown below calligraphic text. The artist uses alternating wet ink washes for the misty clouds and dry flying-brushes for the large pine trees

Artist Life Dates

(Shanghai, China, 1906 - 1987, Flint, Michigan)

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1965

Accession Number

2006/1.139

Medium and Support

hanging scroll, ink on paper

relevance

rank 9.50250

Primary Keywords

calligraphy

clouds

hanging scrolls

ink

mountain

sketches

Title

Overview, Delphi

Artist

Marilyn Bridges

Physical Description

An aerial view of Delphi, including an area of settlement and a modern road amidst the rocky mounatainous landscape,

Artist Life Dates

American, born 1957

Object Creation Date

2004

Accession Number

2012/2.50

Medium and Support

gelatin silver print on paper

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rank 9.50250

Primary Keywords

aerial views

gelatin silver print

mountain

roads

Title

Footbridge

Artist

Ilse Bing

Physical Description

Wooden footbridge in a mountain valley.

Artist Life Dates

American, born Germany, 1899/1900-1998

Object Creation Date

1938

Accession Number

2012/2.35

Medium and Support

vintage gelatin silver print on paper

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rank 9.50250

Primary Keywords

footbridges

gelatin silver process

mountain

valley (landform)

Title

The Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido (Kyoka Edition): #30 Hamamatsu

Artist

Andô Hiroshige

Physical Description

A procession on horseback travels through the village of Homatsu with castles in the background. Red tones in the sky indicate a setting sun, and a distant mountain is visible. It is accompanied by text.

Artist Life Dates

1797-1858

Object Creation Date

late 1830s

Accession Number

2008/2.323

Medium and Support

color woodblock print on paper

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rank 9.50250

Primary Keywords

castle

horses

mountain

procession

road

travel

village

Title

Ali Mountain Based on Sketches - 1

Artist

Chang Ku-nien

Physical Description

One of six hanging scrolls in a series depicting the landscape of Ali Mountain, trees and hillside are shown below calligraphic text. The artist uses alternating wet ink washes for the misty clouds and dry flying-brushes for the large pine trees.

Artist Life Dates

(Shanghai, China, 1906 - 1987, Flint, Michigan)

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1965

Accession Number

2006/1.136

Medium and Support

hanging scroll, ink on paper

relevance

rank 9.40243

Primary Keywords

calligraphy

hanging scrolls

ink

mountain

roads

sketches

trees

Title

Ali Mountain Based on Sketches - 3

Artist

Chang Ku-nien

Physical Description

One of six hanging scrolls in a series depicting the landscape of Ali Mountain, trees and hillside are shown below calligraphic text. The artist uses alternating wet ink washes for the misty clouds and dry flying-brushes for the large pine trees

Artist Life Dates

(Shanghai, China, 1906 - 1987, Flint, Michigan)

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1965

Accession Number

2006/1.138

Medium and Support

hanging scroll, ink on paper

relevance

rank 9.40243

Primary Keywords

calligraphy

hanging scrolls

ink

mountain

roads

sketches

trees

Title

Ali Mountain Based on Sketches - 2

Artist

Chang Ku-nien

Physical Description

One of six hanging scrolls in a series depicting the landscape of Ali Mountain, trees and hillside are shown below calligraphic text. The artist uses alternating wet ink washes for the misty clouds and dry flying-brushes for the large pine trees

Artist Life Dates

(Shanghai, China, 1906 - 1987, Flint, Michigan)

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1965

Accession Number

2006/1.137

Medium and Support

hanging scroll, ink on paper

relevance

rank 9.40243

Primary Keywords

calligraphy

hanging scrolls

ink

mountain

roads

sketches

trees

Title

The Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido (Gyosho Edition): #8 Hiratsuka

Artist

Andô Hiroshige

Physical Description

A woodblock print of three men and a horse ladened with packages in the foreground. They are beside a river and two grey mountain peaks and one central white mountain peak are set in the background. A small boat with men wearing large white hats is to the viewer's left.

Artist Life Dates

1797-1858

Object Creation Date

circa 1841-1842

Accession Number

2011/2.196

Medium and Support

woodblock print on paper

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rank 9.40243

Primary Keywords

boats

horses

landscape

men

mountain

rivers

woodblock prints

Title

Conversing Midway up the Mountain in Late Autumn

Artist

Zha Jizuo (Cha Chi-tso)

Physical Description

A small gathering of buildings is nestled at the bottom of a tall, rounded mountain range. Slightly above the settlement, two travelers make their way along the mountain path. A few trees crow up out of the mountains. The mountain range near the small village cuts diagonally across the picture plane, from bottom left to middle right. The top left of the image also contains mountains, taller still. Across from these on the top right is calligraphic text and two seals.

Artist Life Dates

1604-1676

Century

17th century

Object Creation Date

late 17th century

Accession Number

1974/1.94

Medium and Support

ink and light color on silk

relevance

rank 9.40243

Primary Keywords

autumn

buildings

cliffs

landscape

landscapes

mountain

mountains

trees

Title

Ali Mountain Based on Sketches - 5

Artist

Chang Ku-nien

Physical Description

One of six hanging scrolls in a series depicting the landscape of Ali Mountain, trees and hillside are shown below calligraphic text. The artist uses alternating wet ink washes for the misty clouds and dry flying-brushes for the large pine trees

Artist Life Dates

(Shanghai, China, 1906 - 1987, Flint, Michigan)

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1965

Accession Number

2006/1.140

Medium and Support

hanging scroll, ink on paper

relevance

rank 9.20848

Primary Keywords

calligraphy

clouds

hanging scrolls

ink

landscapes (environments)

mountain

sketches

trees

Title

One Hundred Famous Views of Edo: #107 Fukagawa, Susaki and the Jumantsubo Plain

Artist

Andô Hiroshige

Physical Description

This vertical print frames a view of a landscape with an up close view of a bird in the upper right corner that takes up about thirty percent of the image.

The viewer is positioned alongside the bird, circling the sky above the twin peaks of a mountain. A crate floats in the water below while smaller birds flocking around it. Snow covers the ground.

The signature and title markings are in the upper right corner, and in the middle along the left side above the landscape.

Artist Life Dates

1797-1858

Century

19th century

Object Creation Date

circa 1856-1857

Accession Number

1960/2.143

Medium and Support

color woodblock print on paper

relevance

rank 9.02237

Primary Keywords

bird's-eye view

birds

crate

kite

mountain

plain

snow

ukiyo-e

water

Title

Curved Railroad Tracks, Taunus (Bahnkurve Taunus), study for 1916 lithograph Landscape in Taunus (Landschaft im Taunus)

Artist

Ernst Kirchner

Physical Description

Train tracks curve from bottom center upward through center and off to the left; steaming locomotive pulling three freight cars past three storage sheds located in center of track loop. The background shows 3 mountain peaks, echoed in three clouds overhead. In the foreground, bottom corners are trees or other dense foliage. Artist's sketch from life; Kirchner developed a rapid, stroke-oriented (as opposed to detail-oriented) sketch style when out in the world.

Artist Life Dates

1880-1938

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1915

Accession Number

2007/2.103

Medium and Support

ink on artist board

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rank 8.63909

Primary Keywords

landscapes (environments)

locomotives

mountain region (general region)

train tracks

trains

Title

Reading "The Book of Changes" at a Pavilion in Autumn

Artist

Zhang Hong [Chang Hung]

Physical Description

Inscription: … painted at Mr. Zhu’s Plum Hut Studio in the winter of 1639. Zhang Hong of Suzhou

Two seals of the artist

One collector’s seal

A solitary scholar, dwarfed by the surrounding autumnal landscape, seated inside a pavilion as he contemplates the ancient classic, The Book of Changes.

Artist Life Dates

1577 - after 1668

Century

17th century

Object Creation Date

1639

Accession Number

1978/2.60

Medium and Support

hanging scroll, ink and color on silk

relevance

rank 8.42643

Primary Keywords

autumn

bridge (built work)

bridges

buildings

figures in landscape

landscape

landscapes

mountain

pavilion

pines

trees

water

Title

Travelers on a Mountain Pass

Artist

Wu Wei

Physical Description

This large hanging scroll depicts a man on a donkey traveling along a mountain pass, accompanied by two other men and surrounded by huge overhanging craggy cliffs on both the left and right sides in the background with several overlapping vertical layers.

Artist Life Dates

1459-1508

Century

15th-16th century

Object Creation Date

circa 1490-1508

Accession Number

1981/1.312

Medium and Support

Hanging Scroll, ink and light color on silk

relevance

rank 8.25196

Primary Keywords

cliffs

donkey

donkeys

figures in landscape

hanging scrolls

landscapes

mountain passes

passes

rocks

servants

traveler

travellers

trees

voyagers

waterfalls