Accession Number
2006/1.107

Title
Mountain Light, Cloud Shadow

Artist(s)
Chang Ku-nien

Object Creation Date
1974

Medium & Support
unmounted scroll, ink on paper

Dimensions
22 1/4 in x 45 1/4 in (56.6 cm x 115 cm)

Credit Line
Gift of Dr. Cheng-Yang and Mrs. Shirley Chang

Subject matter
The painting depicts a poetic scene in the Dayu Mountain in Taiwan. The colophon in this painting was inspired by a famous Ming dynasty literati painter--Dong Qichang (or Dong Xiangguang as used by Chang). This colophon implies a literati painting tradition of "in painting there is poetry, and in poetry there is painting" since Tang dynasty.

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.

Primary Object Classification
Painting

Rights
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Keywords
ink
landscapes (environments)
mountains
scroll paintings