Landscape After Huang Gongwang, 1752
Wang Yuexpand_more
Ink and colors on paperexpand_more
Gift of Ruth and Bruce Daytonexpand_more 2000.206
Not on Viewexpand_more
This monumental composition pays tribute to the famous Yuan dynasty scholar-painter Huang Gongwang (1269–1354). It is an attempt to combine two of Huang’s preferred compositional methods in one landscape. One of them is pingyuan, or “level-distance” perspective, defined as looking from a place in the foreground into the far distance across a flat landscape. The other is gaoyuan, or “high-distance,” in which the viewer is placed at the bottom of a grand mountain looking up toward the summit. The painting shows a panoramic level-distance view, allowing the viewer’s eye to be carried back into the depth of the composition through clearly marked stages. A rolling outline closes the high peaks in the background to demonstrate the “high distance.”
Details
- Title
- Landscape After Huang Gongwang
- Artist Life
- 1710 - 1750s
- Role
- Artist
- Accession Number
- 2000.206
- Curator Approved
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