久隅守景筆 西湖図屏風|View of West Lake
1655
ink
panel
From the collection of Metropolitan Museum of Art
About the artist
久隅守景筆 西湖図屏風|View of West Lake is a 1655 ink by Kusumi Morikage, a Baroque work, depicting House, held at Metropolitan Museum of Art.
This painting shows two big screens with quiet scenes of a lake and hills. Small buildings sit near the water, and trees line the shore. The colors are soft—mostly browns, greens, and blues. A boat drifts on the lake, and mist hovers over the hills. Notice how the artist used thin, layered lines to build up shapes. The hills look solid, but the trees stay light and airy. Look up cross-hatching to see how artists create depth with lines like these.
