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- Title
- Sharing a Boat in the Wind and Rain
- Artist
- Chang Ku-nien
- Physical Description
- Three figures in a boat withstand wind and rain as they navigate river waters. Trees along the banks seem to bend under the force of the wind. Water saturdated ink and washes blur distinctions and imply the extremity of the weather.
- Artist Life Dates
- (Shanghai, China, 1906 - 1987, Flint, Michigan)
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1983
- Accession Number
- 2006/1.125
- Medium and Support
- hanging scroll, ink on paper
- relevance
- rank 9.89190
- Secondary Keywords
- associated concepts
- coating (material)
- coating by form
- descriptors
- earth sciences concepts
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- objects we use
- paintings
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- transportation vehicles
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- watercraft
- watercraft by general type
- weather and related phenomena
- weather-related phenomena
- Title
- Waterfall at Milky Way Cave
- Artist
- Chang Ku-nien
- Physical Description
- An intricate ecology of plants grows up this mountainside landscape. Two men walk in a clearing below a building. A waterfall flows downward on the upper left, below calligraphic text.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1906-1987
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1970-1990
- Accession Number
- 2006/1.143
- Medium and Support
- hanging scroll, ink on paper
- relevance
- rank 9.85850
- 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
- landform components
- landforms and landform components
- landscapes (environments)
- materials
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- natural landscapes
- objects we use
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- paintings by form
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- Title
- In the Spirit of Li Bai's Poetry
- Artist
- Chang Ku-nien
- Physical Description
- Green mountains create the edge of a river. Red flowers grow on the hill framing the scene in the right corner, and two boats sail the waters below. In the upper center of the painting is calligraphic text.
- Artist Life Dates
- (Shanghai, China, 1906 - 1987, Flint, Michigan)
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1975
- Accession Number
- 2006/1.120
- Medium and Support
- hanging scroll, ink on paper
- relevance
- rank 9.75296
- Secondary Keywords
- associated concepts
- buildings and the land
- coating (material)
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- concepts in the arts
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- genres in the arts
- herbaceous plants
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- literary, oral and motion picture genres
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- woody plants
- Title
- Spring Warms River Nu
- Artist
- Chang Ku-nien
- Physical Description
- Two men rafting in the waves of River Nu.
- Artist Life Dates
- (Shanghai, China, 1906 - 1987, Flint, Michigan)
- Century
- last quarter of 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1971
- Accession Number
- 2006/1.144
- Medium and Support
- horizontal hanging scroll, ink on rice paper
- relevance
- rank 9.73656
- Secondary Keywords
- associated concepts
- bodies of water
- bodies of water and components of bodies of water
- bodies of water by size
- buildings and the land
- coating (material)
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- physical sciences concepts
- riverine bodies
- scientific concepts
- scroll paintings
- seasons
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- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- Title
- Birds in a Tree
- Artist
- Nakabayashi Chikutô
- Physical Description
- A family of birds rest among willow branches. Three chicks rest below, while the larger parents perch above
- Artist Life Dates
- 1776-1853
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1840
- Accession Number
- 1976/2.103
- Medium and Support
- Hanging scroll, ink on silk
- relevance
- rank 9.69651
- Secondary Keywords
- animals and creatures
- buildings and the land
- coating (material)
- coating by form
- descriptors
- grass (plant material)
- inorganic material
- landscapes (environments)
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- materials by composition
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- paintings by form
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- woody plants
- Title
- Tanuki (raccoon dog) and Bamboo in the Snow
- Artist
- Konoshima Ôkoku
- Physical Description
- A tanuki, or racoon dog, is seen peering over its shoulder on a snowy hill. Its footprints disappear in the snow behind it. Bamboo rise from out of view on the bottom right, and dominate the upper register of the image. This painting mounted on a hanging scroll also includes elaborate gold fabric with repeating designs.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1877-1938
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- early 20th century
- Accession Number
- 2003/1.402
- Medium and Support
- Hanging scroll, ink on silk
- relevance
- rank 9.68068
- Secondary Keywords
- animal
- associated concepts
- coating (material)
- coating by form
- descriptors
- earth sciences concepts
- grass (plant material)
- materials
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- plant material
- precipitation
- scientific concepts
- scroll paintings
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- weather and related phenomena
- weather-related phenomena
- Title
- White Clouds
- Artist
- Chang Ku-nien
- Physical Description
- Cloudy mountain scene with calligrapic text in the upper right corner.
- Artist Life Dates
- (Shanghai, China, 1906 - 1987, Flint, Michigan)
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1972
- Accession Number
- 2006/1.126
- Medium and Support
- hanging scroll, ink on paper
- relevance
- rank 9.66754
- Secondary Keywords
- upward
- associated concepts
- buildings and the land
- coating (material)
- coating by form
- descriptors
- earth sciences concepts
- landforms
- landforms and landform components
- landforms by shape or position
- landscapes (environments)
- materials
- materials by function
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- objects we use
- paintings
- paintings by form
- people and culture
- physical sciences concepts
- scientific concepts
- scroll paintings
- settlements and landscapes
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- weather and related phenomena
- weather-related phenomena
- Title
- Calligraphy
- Artist
- Chang Ku-nien
- Physical Description
- The inscription is a famous discussion on the vulgarity and the elegance in painting by Qing Dynasty painter Zou Yigui (or Zou Xiaoshan).
- Artist Life Dates
- 1906 - 1987
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1970
- Accession Number
- 2006/1.128
- Medium and Support
- hanging scroll, ink on gold-flecked paper
- relevance
- rank 9.62549
- Secondary Keywords
- coating (material)
- coating by form
- descriptors
- gold and gold alloy
- image-making processes and techniques
- inorganic material
- materials
- materials by composition
- materials by function
- metal
- metal and metal products
- metal by composition or origin
- nonferrous metal
- objects we use
- paintings
- paintings by form
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- scroll paintings
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- writing (processes)
- Title
- Tao Yuanming Appreciating Chrysanthemums
- Artist
- Ni Tian (Ni T'ien)
- Physical Description
- Pastoral poet Tao Yuanming (372–427) and a boy-servant bearing chrysanthemums on his back are shown. Two pine trees dominate the composition. Tao Yuanming’s forward gaze and slightly hunched posture exhibit his full inner exhilaration when chrysanthemums were collected. The subtle smile on the poet’s face seems also to reflect a moment of transcendence.
- Has signature and seal of the artist
- Artist Life Dates
- 1855 - 1919
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1855-1919
- Accession Number
- 1987/1.275
- Medium and Support
- hanging scroll, ink and color on paper
- relevance
- rank 9.54618
- Secondary Keywords
- buildings and the land
- coating (material)
- coating by form
- descriptors
- evergreens
- herbaceous plants
- landscapes (environments)
- materials
- materials by function
- natural landscapes
- objects we use
- paintings
- paintings by form
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people and occupations
- people by gender
- plants
- scroll paintings
- settlements and landscapes
- the natural world
- trees
- trees by leaf life
- vegetation and vegetation components
- vegetation components
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- woody plants
- Title
- Cloudy Mountains and Misty Trees, after Dong Yuan
- Artist
- Zha Shibiao (Cha Shih-piao)
- Physical Description
- This vertical composition consists of tall, thin trees in the foreground, with a lone boatman floating beneath and behind them. As the scene stretches upwars, mountains take up a dominant position in the picture, stretching toward the sky. Above them is calligraphic text.
- Artist Life Dates
- (Haiyang, Anhui, 1615 - 1698)
- Century
- 17th century
- Object Creation Date
- 2nd half of 17th century
- Accession Number
- 1975/1.73
- Medium and Support
- hanging scroll, ink and color on paper
- relevance
- rank 9.50812
- Secondary Keywords
- upward
- buildings and the land
- coating (material)
- coating by form
- descriptors
- image-making processes and techniques
- landforms
- landforms and landform components
- landforms by shape or position
- materials
- materials by function
- natural landscapes
- objects we use
- paintings
- paintings by form
- plants
- processes and techniques
- processes and techniques by specific type
- scroll paintings
- settlements and landscapes
- vegetation and vegetation components
- vegetation components
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- woody plants
- writing (processes)
- Title
- Tao Yüan-ming
- Artist
- Nakabayashi Chikkei
- Physical Description
- In the lower third of the hanging scroll are three figures. Tao Yuanming is the larger figure on the right with his two attendants on the left. They are divided by a table. In the background is a screen which separates the figures from the landscape.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1816-1867
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1840 - 1867
- Accession Number
- 1982/1.197
- Medium and Support
- ink and color on silk
- relevance
- rank 9.50537
- Secondary Keywords
- layout features
- asia (continent)
- buildings and the land
- components
- components and systems
- components by specific context
- descriptors
- furnishings
- furnishings by form or function
- furniture
- furniture by form or function
- geographic and political locations
- grass (plant material)
- illustrations
- illustrations by form
- images and ornament
- information form components
- inorganic material
- layout features
- materials
- materials by composition
- materials by origin
- objects we use
- open spaces
- open spaces and site elements
- open spaces by form
- paintings
- paintings by form
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people by age group
- plant material
- scroll paintings
- seating furniture
- single seating furniture
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- visual works by subject type
- youth
- Title
- Hawk
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Japan
- Physical Description
- In this painting, the hawk perches on the base of a tree, gripping the knotted bark with its talons. Its back is presented to the viewer, bringing attention the impressive patterning and feather detail. Arching its head to the right to reveal a keen awareness of its surroundings coupled with a razor sharp glare, it appears ready to take off after unsuspecting prey.
- Century
- 17th century
- Object Creation Date
- 17th century (?)
- Accession Number
- 1964/2.62
- Medium and Support
- hanging scroll, ink on paper
- relevance
- rank 9.47756
- Secondary Keywords
- animals and creatures
- asia (continent)
- buildings and the land
- descriptors
- evergreens
- geographic and political locations
- inorganic material
- landscapes (environments)
- materials
- materials by composition
- natural landscapes
- objects we use
- paintings
- paintings by form
- plants
- scroll paintings
- settlements and landscapes
- trees
- trees by leaf life
- vegetation and vegetation components
- vegetation components
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- woody plants
- Title
- Prayer scroll fragment, from a prayer wheel
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Tibet
- Physical Description
- A fragment of a horizontal scroll, which would originally have been rolled up and tucked inside a Tibetan prayer wheel, with the text of a prayer printed in red and black ink.
- Century
- 18th century
- Object Creation Date
- 18th century
- Accession Number
- 1959/1.158
- Medium and Support
- red and black ink on paper
- relevance
- rank 9.47743
- Secondary Keywords
- asian
- associated concepts
- descriptors
- document genres
- document genres by conditions of production
- image-making processes and techniques
- information forms
- object genres
- object genres by form
- objects we use
- paintings
- paintings by form
- people and culture
- processes and techniques
- processes and techniques by specific type
- religions
- religions and religious concepts
- scroll paintings
- south asian
- styles and periods
- styles and periods by region
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- writing (processes)
- 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
- relevance
- rank 9.39433
- Secondary Keywords
- upward
- buildings and the land
- coating (material)
- coating by form
- descriptors
- landforms
- landforms and landform components
- landforms by shape or position
- landscapes (environments)
- materials
- materials by function
- natural landscapes
- objects we use
- paintings
- paintings by form
- settlements and landscapes
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- Title
- The Deva Idaten
- Artist
- Yamawaki Tôki
- Physical Description
- Idaten is depicted here, fierce, standing on clouds. His garments blow in the breeze, and a halo showing his power and godliness encircles his head.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1777-1839
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1800-1839
- Accession Number
- 2003/1.391
- Medium and Support
- ink, color and gold on silk
- relevance
- rank 9.36576
- Secondary Keywords
- associated concepts
- earth sciences concepts
- objects we use
- paintings
- paintings by form
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people by state or condition
- physical sciences concepts
- scientific concepts
- scroll paintings
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- weather and related phenomena
- weather-related phenomena
- Title
- Taiwan Cross-Island Highway (Section 3)
- Artist
- Chang Ku-nien
- Physical Description
- A panoramic view of the highway cutting across the Tarako Gorges, laid out in four connecting hanging scrolls.
- Inscription: “sublime and bright--what opens in this enormous curtain (the connected hanging scrolls).”
- Artist Life Dates
- (Shanghai, China, 1906 - 1987, Flint, Michigan)
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1967
- Accession Number
- 2006/1.104.3
- Medium and Support
- hanging scroll, ink and color on paper
- relevance
- rank 9.34220
- Secondary Keywords
- upward
- buildings and the land
- coating (material)
- coating by form
- descriptors
- image-making processes and techniques
- landforms
- landforms and landform components
- landforms by shape or position
- landscapes (environments)
- materials
- materials by function
- natural landscapes
- objects we use
- open spaces
- open spaces and site elements
- open spaces by function
- paintings
- paintings by form
- processes and techniques
- processes and techniques by specific type
- scroll paintings
- settlements and landscapes
- transportation spaces
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- writing (processes)
- Title
- Taiwan Cross-Island Highway (Section 1)
- Artist
- Chang Ku-nien
- Physical Description
- A panoramic view of the highway cutting across the Tarako Gorges, laid out in four connecting hanging scrolls.
- Inscription: “sublime and bright--what opens in this enormous curtain (the connected hanging scrolls).”
- Artist Life Dates
- (Shanghai, China, 1906 - 1987, Flint, Michigan)
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1967
- Accession Number
- 2006/1.104.1
- Medium and Support
- hanging scroll, ink and color on paper
- relevance
- rank 9.34220
- Secondary Keywords
- upward
- buildings and the land
- coating (material)
- coating by form
- descriptors
- image-making processes and techniques
- landforms
- landforms and landform components
- landforms by shape or position
- landscapes (environments)
- materials
- materials by function
- natural landscapes
- objects we use
- open spaces
- open spaces and site elements
- open spaces by function
- paintings
- paintings by form
- processes and techniques
- processes and techniques by specific type
- scroll paintings
- settlements and landscapes
- transportation spaces
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- writing (processes)
- Title
- Spring Landscape
- Artist
- Nakanishi Kôseki
- Physical Description
- A lone man walks along a mountain path on the bottom left, hunched over perhaps under a load he carries. He seems to be approaching a hut along the water's edge partially blocked from the viewer by tall trees. The path continues to wind up the mountain, and spoked circular designs indicate what may be a series of bridges. Lines of calligraphy and seals are in the upper left corner.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1807-1884
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1852
- Accession Number
- 2010/2.28
- Medium and Support
- sumi ink on paper
- relevance
- rank 9.16341
- Secondary Keywords
- upward
- buildings and the land
- coating (material)
- coating by form
- descriptors
- landforms
- landforms and landform components
- landforms by shape or position
- materials
- materials by function
- natural landscapes
- objects we use
- paintings
- paintings by form
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people by activity
- plants
- scroll paintings
- settlements and landscapes
- 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
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- woody plants
- Title
- Plum Blossoms in Snow
- Artist
- Chang Ku-nien, Chen Shu-chen
- Physical Description
- In this snowy scene a plum tree and rock seem are seen atop a hill. The elegant, contorted trunk and branches of the tree create a visual arch over the image, framing the rock, snow, and block of calligraphic text below.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1906-1987
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- last quarter of 20th century
- Accession Number
- 2006/1.129
- Medium and Support
- hanging scroll, ink and light color on paper
- relevance
- rank 9.15115
- Secondary Keywords
- associated concepts
- buildings and the land
- coating (material)
- coating by form
- deciduous trees
- descriptors
- earth sciences concepts
- landscapes (environments)
- materials
- materials by function
- natural landscapes
- objects we use
- paintings
- paintings by form
- people and culture
- physical sciences concepts
- plants
- precipitation
- scientific concepts
- scroll paintings
- settlements and landscapes
- trees
- trees by leaf life
- vegetation and vegetation components
- vegetation components
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- weather and related phenomena
- weather-related phenomena
- woody plants
- Title
- Taiwan Cross-Island Highway (Section 4)
- Artist
- Chang Ku-nien
- Physical Description
- A panoramic view of the highway cutting across the Tarako Gorges, laid out in four connecting hanging scrolls.
- Inscription: “sublime and bright--what opens in this enormous curtain (the connected hanging scrolls).”
- Artist Life Dates
- (Shanghai, China, 1906 - 1987, Flint, Michigan)
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1967
- Accession Number
- 2006/1.104.4
- Medium and Support
- hanging scroll, ink and color on paper
- relevance
- rank 9.11911
- Secondary Keywords
- upward
- buildings and the land
- coating (material)
- coating by form
- descriptors
- image-making processes and techniques
- inorganic material
- landforms
- landforms and landform components
- landforms by shape or position
- landscapes (environments)
- materials
- materials by composition
- materials by function
- natural landscapes
- objects we use
- open spaces
- open spaces and site elements
- open spaces by function
- paintings
- paintings by form
- processes and techniques
- processes and techniques by specific type
- scroll paintings
- settlements and landscapes
- transportation spaces
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- writing (processes)
- Title
- Magpies and Hibiscus
- Artist
- Yamamoto Baiitsu
- Physical Description
- Two magpies rest among hibiscus flowers. “Boneless” washes for the hibiscus flowers are contrasted with ink outlines of bamboo.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1783-1856
- Century
- early to mid-19th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1831
- Accession Number
- 1986/1.165
- Medium and Support
- Hanging scroll, ink and light color on paper
- relevance
- rank 9.11165
- Secondary Keywords
- animals and creatures
- buildings and the land
- descriptors
- grass (plant material)
- herbaceous plants
- inorganic material
- landscapes (environments)
- materials
- materials by composition
- materials by origin
- natural landscapes
- objects we use
- paintings
- paintings by form
- plant material
- plants
- scroll paintings
- settlements and landscapes
- vegetation and vegetation components
- vegetation components
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- woody plants
- 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 9.09313
- Secondary Keywords
- upward
- associated concepts
- buildings and the land
- coating (material)
- coating by form
- descriptors
- earth sciences concepts
- image-making processes and techniques
- landforms
- landforms and landform components
- landforms by shape or position
- landscapes (environments)
- materials
- materials by function
- natural landscapes
- objects we use
- paintings
- paintings by form
- people and culture
- physical sciences concepts
- processes and techniques
- processes and techniques by specific type
- scientific concepts
- scroll paintings
- settlements and landscapes
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- weather and related phenomena
- weather-related phenomena
- writing (processes)
- Title
- Late Autumn Landscape
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Japan
- Physical Description
- The entire top portion of this painting is seemingly blank, but represents the air and atmosphere. Below are mountains hugged by clouds and trees and vegetation in the phase of autumn.
- Century
- 16th century
- Object Creation Date
- 16th century
- Accession Number
- 1966/2.1
- Medium and Support
- hanging scroll, ink and light color on paper
- relevance
- rank 9.07024
- Secondary Keywords
- associated concepts
- buildings and the land
- descriptors
- earth sciences concepts
- image-making processes and techniques
- objects we use
- painting and painting techniques
- painting techniques
- painting techniques by medium
- paintings
- paintings by form
- people and culture
- physical sciences concepts
- processes and techniques
- processes and techniques by specific type
- scientific concepts
- scroll paintings
- seasons
- settlements and landscapes
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- Title
- Domodossola
- Artist
- Samuel Prout
- Physical Description
- This small watercolor depicts a city square viewed through the arches of an arcade. A small group clusters next to one of the columns in the foreground, and a few other figures are scattered about the square along with a man leading a horse and cart.
- Artist Life Dates
- (1783 - 1852)
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1824-1852
- Accession Number
- 2009/1.511.3
- Medium and Support
- watercolor, bodycolor, pen with brown ink on paper
- relevance
- rank 9.05624
- Secondary Keywords
- animals and creatures
- buildings and the land
- europe (continent)
- freewheeled vehicles
- freewheeled vehicles by form or function
- geographic and political locations
- land vehicles
- land vehicles by form
- mammals
- objects we use
- open spaces
- open spaces and site elements
- open spaces by form
- paintings
- paintings by material or technique
- service and utility vehicles
- transportation vehicles
- vehicles
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- Title
- Scene at Hachiman Hill
- Artist
- Utagawa Sadahide
- Physical Description
- Japanese hanging scroll depicting Japanese style buildings and mountain views.
- Artist Life Dates
- (1807 - 1873)
- Object Creation Date
- 1825-1875
- Accession Number
- 2011/2.201
- Medium and Support
- relevance
- rank 8.92920
- Secondary Keywords
- asian
- east asian
- objects we use
- paintings
- paintings by form
- people and culture
- styles and periods
- styles and periods by region
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- Title
- Scene at Hachiman Hill
- Artist
- Utagawa Sadahide
- Physical Description
- Japanese hanging scroll depicting the view of the old Japanese town and scenery.
- Artist Life Dates
- (1807 - 1873)
- Object Creation Date
- 1825-1875
- Accession Number
- 2011/2.203
- Medium and Support
- relevance
- rank 8.92920
- Secondary Keywords
- asian
- east asian
- objects we use
- paintings
- paintings by form
- people and culture
- styles and periods
- styles and periods by region
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- Title
- Scene at Hachiman Hill
- Artist
- Utagawa Sadahide
- Physical Description
- Japanese hanging scroll depicting the mountain and river view.
- Artist Life Dates
- (1807 - 1873)
- Object Creation Date
- 1825-1875
- Accession Number
- 2011/2.202
- Medium and Support
- relevance
- rank 8.92920
- Secondary Keywords
- asian
- east asian
- objects we use
- paintings
- paintings by form
- people and culture
- styles and periods
- styles and periods by region
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- Title
- Pine and Hibiscus
- Artist
- Shen Zhou
- Physical Description
- Horizontally long. Ink on paper. Mostly calligraphy with a foliage imagery at the beginning.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1427-1509
- Century
- 15th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1489
- Accession Number
- 1961/1.173
- Medium and Support
- handscroll, ink and color on paper
- relevance
- rank 8.87932
- Secondary Keywords
- animals
- asian
- buildings and the land
- descriptors
- forms
- herbaceous plants
- image-making processes and techniques
- landscapes (environments)
- making art
- natural landscapes
- objects we use
- paintings
- paintings by form
- plants
- processes and techniques
- processes and techniques by specific type
- scroll paintings
- settlements and landscapes
- the natural world
- vegetation and vegetation components
- vegetation components
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- woody plants
- writing (processes)
- Title
- Landscape
- Artist
- Aoki Shukuya
- Artist Life Dates
- 1737-1802
- Century
- 18th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1760-1802
- Accession Number
- 1967/2.3
- Medium and Support
- ink on paper
- relevance
- rank 8.87559
- Secondary Keywords
- architecture
- asia
- asian
- bodies of water
- bodies of water and components of bodies of water
- bodies of water by size
- buildings and the land
- figures
- forms
- geography
- locality
- making art
- objects we use
- paintings
- paintings by form
- people and occupations
- plants
- riverine bodies
- scroll paintings
- settlements and landscapes
- single built works
- single built works by function
- single built works by specific type
- the natural world
- transportation structures
- transportation structures by form
- vegetation and vegetation components
- vegetation components
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- visual works by subject type
- woody plants
- 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 8.81094
- Secondary Keywords
- upward
- buildings and the land
- coating (material)
- coating by form
- descriptors
- image-making processes and techniques
- landforms
- landforms and landform components
- landforms by shape or position
- landscapes (environments)
- materials
- materials by function
- natural landscapes
- objects we use
- open spaces
- open spaces and site elements
- open spaces by function
- paintings
- paintings by form
- plants
- processes and techniques
- processes and techniques by specific type
- scroll paintings
- settlements and landscapes
- transportation spaces
- vegetation and vegetation components
- vegetation components
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- woody plants
- writing (processes)
- 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 8.81094
- Secondary Keywords
- upward
- buildings and the land
- coating (material)
- coating by form
- descriptors
- image-making processes and techniques
- landforms
- landforms and landform components
- landforms by shape or position
- landscapes (environments)
- materials
- materials by function
- natural landscapes
- objects we use
- open spaces
- open spaces and site elements
- open spaces by function
- paintings
- paintings by form
- plants
- processes and techniques
- processes and techniques by specific type
- scroll paintings
- settlements and landscapes
- transportation spaces
- vegetation and vegetation components
- vegetation components
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- woody plants
- writing (processes)
- 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 8.81094
- Secondary Keywords
- upward
- buildings and the land
- coating (material)
- coating by form
- descriptors
- image-making processes and techniques
- landforms
- landforms and landform components
- landforms by shape or position
- landscapes (environments)
- materials
- materials by function
- natural landscapes
- objects we use
- open spaces
- open spaces and site elements
- open spaces by function
- paintings
- paintings by form
- plants
- processes and techniques
- processes and techniques by specific type
- scroll paintings
- settlements and landscapes
- transportation spaces
- vegetation and vegetation components
- vegetation components
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- woody plants
- writing (processes)
- Title
- Ode on a Wanli-era Imperial Brush
- Artist
- Shitao (Shih-t'ao)
- Physical Description
- Calligraphy of a poem written in running script and including three artist's seals and the artist's signature.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1642-1707
- Century
- 18th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1705
- Accession Number
- 1965/2.75
- Medium and Support
- ink on paper
- relevance
- rank 8.80782
- Secondary Keywords
- artists
- descriptors
- document genres
- document genres by form
- document genres for literary works
- image-making processes and techniques
- information forms
- objects we use
- painters (artists)
- painters by subject of work
- paintings
- paintings by form
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people by occupation
- people in the arts
- people in the arts and related occupations
- people in the humanities
- people in the visual arts
- people in the visual arts and related occupations
- processes and techniques
- processes and techniques by specific type
- scroll paintings
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- writing (processes)
- Title
- The Music Lesson (Musikalishe Unterhaltung)
- Artist
- Caspar Netscher
- Physical Description
- A panel portrait of two men and two women. One man plays a mandolin while the other watches one of the women. The woman he is watching is standing by the table and holding a dog. The second woman is sitting next to the mandolin player and reading.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1639(?)-1684
- Century
- 17th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1665
- Accession Number
- 2011/2.179
- Medium and Support
- oil on panel
- relevance
- rank 8.80198
- Secondary Keywords
- objects we use
- paintings
- paintings by form
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people by gender
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- visual works by subject type
- Title
- "Snow": calligraphy scroll
- Artist
- Muan Xingtao (aka (J. Ôbaku Mokuan))
- Physical Description
- The large character for snow in block script is juxtaposed with lines of smaller characters in running script. The large character is drawn with unhurried, thick, even strokes in dense, unbroken black ink with blunt contours, while the smaller characters are brushed rapidly, with strokes of varying thickness, a pronounced diagonal tilt, and sharp edges.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1611-1684
- Century
- 17th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1655-1675
- Accession Number
- 1986/1.205
- Medium and Support
- ink on paper
- relevance
- rank 8.79766
- Secondary Keywords
- associated concepts
- chinese buddhism
- descriptors
- earth sciences concepts
- image-making processes and techniques
- japanese buddhism
- objects we use
- paintings
- paintings by form
- people and culture
- physical sciences concepts
- precipitation
- processes and techniques
- processes and techniques by specific type
- religions
- religions and religious concepts
- scientific concepts
- scroll paintings
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- weather and related phenomena
- weather-related phenomena
- writing (processes)
- Title
- The Death of Leander
- Artist
- Giulio Carpioni
- Physical Description
- In dark turbulent waters under a stormy sky four nude sea nymphs support the body of a long-haired man between them on a white shroud. The face of a man with kelp in his hair appears between two of the nymphs. On the right a bearded man with a trident in his right hand rides in a chariot fashioned from a seashell and pulled by two fished-tailed horses or hippocampi. Just visible in the distance behind the back of the rightmost nymph, a lofty tower rises above the waves.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1613-1678
- Century
- 17th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1655
- Accession Number
- 1984/1.290
- Medium and Support
- oil on canvas
- relevance
- rank 8.74665
- Secondary Keywords
- animals and creatures
- events
- freewheeled vehicles
- freewheeled vehicles by form or function
- land vehicles
- land vehicles by form
- legendary creatures
- natural events
- objects we use
- paintings
- paintings by material or technique
- people and culture
- personal life events
- transportation vehicles
- vehicles
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- Title
- Blossoming Prunus Branch, after Wang Yüan-chang (Wang Mien)
- Artist
- Yamamoto Baiitsu
- Physical Description
- The prunus branch depicted by Baiitsu makes use of the long vertical form provided by the hanging scroll format. The branch enters the visual field from the top right, and curves downward toward the bottom of the scroll. On either side of the branch are sections of calligraphic text.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1783-1856
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1847
- Accession Number
- 1970/2.156
- Medium and Support
- hanging scroll, ink on paper
- relevance
- rank 8.73631
- Secondary Keywords
- biological components
- buildings and the land
- components
- components and systems
- components by specific context
- descriptors
- herbaceous plants
- image-making processes and techniques
- landscapes (environments)
- natural landscapes
- objects we use
- paintings
- paintings by form
- plant components
- plants
- processes and techniques
- processes and techniques by specific type
- scroll paintings
- settlements and landscapes
- trees (components)
- vegetation and vegetation components
- vegetation components
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- woody plants
- writing (processes)
- Title
- Japanese Beauty in a Red Maple Leaf Robe
- Artist
- Yamaguchi Soken (Sojun)
- Physical Description
- This image is of a lone female figure centrally located on the scroll. The dominate color of the image is red. The figure's outer kimono is decorated with red and gold maple leaves.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1759-1818
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- early 19th century
- Accession Number
- 1985/2.7
- Medium and Support
- hanging scroll, ink and color on silk
- relevance
- rank 8.68962
- Secondary Keywords
- aesthetic concepts
- asia (continent)
- asian
- associated concepts
- buildings and the land
- costume
- costume by form
- deciduous trees
- east asian
- geographic and political locations
- japanese
- japanese printmaking styles
- japanese styles
- landscapes (environments)
- main garments
- natural landscapes
- objects we use
- paintings
- paintings by form
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people by gender
- people by occupation
- people in service occupations
- philosophical concepts
- plants
- prostitutes
- scroll paintings
- settlements and landscapes
- styles and periods
- styles and periods by region
- trees
- trees by leaf life
- vegetation and vegetation components
- vegetation components
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- woody plants
- Title
- Suiten kyo (Sutra of Varuna, Deity of the Waters)
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Japan
- Physical Description
- This is a long horizontal scroll with several calligraphic inscriptions on the right portion of the paper. On the left are 3 figural scenes. The one closest to the writing shows a male figure wearing a large headdress seated in the lotus position within a circle. Next there is a figure with four arms who stands on the back of a dragon. Two people stand on either side- one a short blue-skinned man who holds a bowl and the other a smaller figure who holds a brush and paper. The third scene shows a male figure, seated in the lotus position, who holds a sword, a wheel, a brush and paper in his four hands.
- Century
- 14th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1300-1335
- Accession Number
- 1964/2.104
- Medium and Support
- handscroll, ink and color on paper
- relevance
- rank 8.68480
- Secondary Keywords
- allegory and literature
- animals and creatures
- asia
- asia (continent)
- asian
- creatures
- descriptors
- forms
- genres
- geographic and political locations
- image-making processes and techniques
- legendary creatures
- locality
- making art
- mythology
- objects we use
- paintings
- paintings by form
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people and occupations
- people by state or condition
- processes and techniques
- processes and techniques by specific type
- religion
- religions
- scroll paintings
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- visual works by subject type
- writing (processes)
- 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 8.67818
- Secondary Keywords
- upward
- associated concepts
- buildings and the land
- coating (material)
- coating by form
- descriptors
- earth sciences concepts
- image-making processes and techniques
- landforms
- landforms and landform components
- landforms by shape or position
- materials
- materials by function
- natural landscapes
- objects we use
- paintings
- paintings by form
- people and culture
- physical sciences concepts
- plants
- processes and techniques
- processes and techniques by specific type
- scientific concepts
- scroll paintings
- settlements and landscapes
- vegetation and vegetation components
- vegetation components
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- weather and related phenomena
- weather-related phenomena
- woody plants
- writing (processes)
- 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 8.62384
- Secondary Keywords
- downward
- animals
- animals and creatures
- buildings and the land
- descriptors
- figures
- geography
- inorganic material
- landform components
- landforms
- landforms and landform components
- landforms by shape or position
- landscapes (environments)
- mammals
- materials
- materials by composition
- mountains
- natural landscapes
- objects we use
- paintings
- paintings by form
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people and occupations
- people by activity
- people by occupation
- people in service occupations
- plants
- scroll paintings
- settlements and landscapes
- the natural world
- travelers
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- waterscapes
- Title
- Hotei
- Artist
- Ogata Kôrin
- Physical Description
- The shape of the circle repeats four times in this painting. It appears in the plump body of Hotei, his head, his large white sack, and the overall shape of the fan.
- Artist Life Dates
- (Kyoto, 1658 - 1716)
- Century
- 18th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1700-1716
- Accession Number
- 1965/1.157
- Medium and Support
- ink and light color on paper
- relevance
- rank 8.62106
- Secondary Keywords
- associated concepts
- buddhism
- chinese buddhism
- concepts in the arts
- costume
- costume accessories
- costume accessories carried
- genres in the arts
- geometric concepts
- geometric figures
- literary, oral and motion picture genres
- mathematical concepts
- objects we use
- paintings
- paintings by form
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people by state or condition
- plane figures
- religions
- religions and religious concepts
- scientific concepts
- scroll paintings
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- Title
- The Hermit Tao Yuanming Enjoying Chrysanthemums
- Artist
- Li Shida (Li Shih-ta)
- Physical Description
- Inscription: Painted in the fall of 1619. Li Shida
- Two seals of the artist
- Ten collectors’ seals, including five imperial seals of the Qing dynasty
- Tao Yuanming intently watches an attendant water the chrysanthemums. His brushwork is detailed and the composition elegant.
- Artist Life Dates
- (active 1573 - 1619)
- Century
- 17th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1619
- Accession Number
- 1960/1.184
- Medium and Support
- hanging scroll, ink and color on silk
- relevance
- rank 8.59675
- Secondary Keywords
- authors
- buildings and the land
- costumes
- descriptors
- geography
- herbaceous plants
- inorganic material
- landscapes (environments)
- materials
- materials by composition
- natural landscapes
- objects we use
- paintings
- paintings by form
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people and occupations
- people by occupation
- people by state or condition
- people in literature
- people in literature and related occupations
- people in the humanities
- plants
- scroll paintings
- settlements and landscapes
- the natural world
- vegetation and vegetation components
- vegetation components
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- woody plants
- Title
- Mist Clearing Over a Mountain Village, formerly attributed to Hasegawa Nobuharu (Shinshun; later, Tôhaku)
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Japan
- Physical Description
- This is a vertical format painting surrounded by green and gold fabric. It is painted in tones of black with some areas of pink and blue color. It depicts a landscape scene with a cluster of small houses nestled in a craggy mountainous area. There is a river that runs through the landscape with two figures crossing a small footbridge. Other figures are shown in the open area of the village. The trees and vegetation are painted with short abbreviated brushstriokes.
- Century
- 17th century
- Object Creation Date
- late 16th century - early 17th century
- Accession Number
- 1967/2.5
- Medium and Support
- hanging scroll, ink and light color on paper
- relevance
- rank 8.59059
- Secondary Keywords
- scale
- upward
- architecture
- asia
- asia (continent)
- asian
- bodies of water
- bodies of water and components of bodies of water
- bodies of water by size
- buildings and the land
- components of bodies of water
- dwellings
- figures
- forms
- geographic and political locations
- geography
- landforms
- landforms and landform components
- landforms by shape or position
- landscapes (environments)
- locality
- making art
- objects we use
- paintings
- paintings by form
- people and occupations
- plants
- residential structures
- riverine bodies
- scroll paintings
- settlements
- settlements and landscapes
- settlements by form
- single built works
- single built works by function
- single built works by specific type
- the natural world
- transportation structures
- transportation structures by form
- vegetation and vegetation components
- vegetation components
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- waterscapes
- woody plants
- Title
- Rubbing of Journey of the Soul to the Paradise of the Queen Mother of the West (2000/2.1) - Front
- Artist
- Bo Yang
- Physical Description
- Rubbing of limestone slab carved bas-relief with six registers. The lower register depicts a chariot procession above fish-inhabited waters. The central three registers depict figures carrying out funerary rites. The top register shows a winged creature with a human face flanked by two writhing dragons and other animals, including two rabbits and a nine-tailed fox.
- Artist Life Dates
- b. 1961
- Century
- 21st century
- Object Creation Date
- 2008
- Accession Number
- 2008/1.154.1
- Medium and Support
- ink on paper
- relevance
- rank 8.57973
- Secondary Keywords
- animals and creatures
- associated concepts
- descriptors
- earth sciences concepts
- freewheeled vehicles
- freewheeled vehicles by form or function
- inorganic material
- land vehicles
- land vehicles by form
- legendary creatures
- mammals
- materials
- materials by composition
- objects we use
- paintings
- paintings by location or context
- people and culture
- physical sciences concepts
- scientific concepts
- transportation vehicles
- vehicles
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- Title
- Noh Dancer as Empress Jingû with a Trout
- Artist
- Yamawaki Tôki
- Physical Description
- An masked Noh actor dressed as Empress Jingû is holds a catch of a river trout on a pole. The actor wears a brocade kimono with a floral scroll design, tucked into a stiffly starched pair of brocade trousers. His cloak is a green gauze silk with woven gold phoenix designs.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1777-1839
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1831
- Accession Number
- 1983/1.397
- Medium and Support
- Hanging scroll, ink and color on silk
- relevance
- rank 8.52232
- Secondary Keywords
- animals and creatures
- costume
- costume by function
- descriptors
- edged weapons
- materials
- materials by origin
- objects we use
- paintings
- paintings by form
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people by occupation
- people in the arts
- people in the arts and related occupations
- people in the humanities
- people in the performing arts
- performing artists
- physical activities
- physical activities by general context
- plant material
- scroll paintings
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- weapons
- weapons and ammunition
- wood and wood products
- wood products
- Title
- Processional cross with triumphant Christ (Christus triumphans) flanked by busts of the evangelists, Saints Matthew, John, Mark, and Luke (obverse); and suffering Christ (Christus patiens) flanked by busts of the Virgin Mary, God the father, Saint John and unidentified male saint with cross (Saint Philip?) (reverse)
- Artist
- Neri di Bicci
- Physical Description
- The arms of the cross end in quatrefoil-shaped terminals. The front (obverse) is gilded and features a molding along the edges. The back (reverse) has a deep azurite blue ground and a gilded band punched with tiny rosettes that runs along the border.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1418-1492
- Century
- 15th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1475
- Accession Number
- 1942.6
- Medium and Support
- tempera and gold on wood
- relevance
- rank 8.50427
- Secondary Keywords
- ceremonies
- cultural ceremonies
- descriptors
- europe (continent)
- european
- european styles and periods
- events
- executions
- firenze (province)
- geographic and political locations
- italy (nation)
- object genres
- object genres by form
- objects we use
- paintings
- paintings by form
- people and culture
- renaissance
- renaissance-baroque styles and periods
- styles and periods
- styles and periods by region
- tuscany (region)
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- Title
- Summer
- Artist
- Matsubayashi Keigetsu
- Physical Description
- Image of a green mountain range that snakes from the lower right of the image to the upper right. The lower right of the image is further embellished with several detailed trees. Slightly lower and to the left of center is a small hut with a white figure standing on the porch.
- Artist Life Dates
- Yamaguchi Pref., 1876-1963
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- Autumn 1922
- Accession Number
- 1961/2.2
- Medium and Support
- hanging scroll, ink and color on silk
- relevance
- rank 8.44996
- Secondary Keywords
- upward
- asia (continent)
- associated concepts
- buildings and the land
- descriptors
- earth sciences concepts
- geographic and political locations
- image-making processes and techniques
- landforms
- landforms and landform components
- landforms by shape or position
- natural landscapes
- objects we use
- paintings
- paintings by form
- people and culture
- physical sciences concepts
- plants
- processes and techniques
- processes and techniques by specific type
- scientific concepts
- scroll paintings
- seasons
- settlements and landscapes
- vegetation and vegetation components
- vegetation components
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- woody plants
- writing (processes)
- Title
- The Three Abundant Blessings
- Artist
- Wang Yingxiang (Wang Ying-hsiang)
- Physical Description
- Throngs of people appear active in this landscape. Some gather in the house, while others play in the garden. This scene is set among rocks, trees, and mountains.
- Artist Life Dates
- act. late 18th to early 19th century
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1818
- Accession Number
- 1965/1.181
- Medium and Support
- hanging scroll, ink and color on silk
- relevance
- rank 8.41040
- Secondary Keywords
- associated concepts
- biological concepts
- buildings and the land
- descriptors
- dwellings
- earth sciences concepts
- houses
- houses by occupants
- inorganic material
- landscapes (environments)
- materials
- materials by composition
- natural landscapes
- objects we use
- official residences
- open spaces
- open spaces and site elements
- open spaces by form
- paintings
- paintings by form
- people and culture
- physical sciences concepts
- residential structures
- scientific concepts
- scroll paintings
- settlements and landscapes
- single built works
- single built works by function
- single built works by specific type
- vegetation and vegetation components
- vegetation components
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- weather and related phenomena
- weather-related phenomena
- woody plants
- Title
- Night Rain on the Xiao and Xiang Rivers
- Artist
- Chang Ku-nien
- Physical Description
- In this landscape a misty, meandering river is depicted with two boathouses along its banks. Reeds and other foliage grow lush along the banks, partially obscuring the boathouse in the foreground. Accompanying text is in the upper register.
- Artist Life Dates
- (Shanghai, China, 1906 - 1987, Flint, Michigan)
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- last quarter of 20th century
- Accession Number
- 2006/1.127
- Medium and Support
- hanging scroll, ink on paper
- relevance
- rank 8.34852
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