Chinese Landscape
1504
unspecified
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
1504
unspecified
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
Chinese Landscape is a 1504 unspecified by Unknown, a Ming Painting work, depicting Muromachi Period, held at Cleveland Museum of Art.
You see misty mountains, a wide river, and three men sitting under a tree at night, sharing tea while a village glows in the distance. This painting was made in Japan, but it copies older Chinese ink paintings. The artist changed the small scroll format into a big folding screen that could divide a room. The soft moonlight and quiet scene feel like a break from busy life. To see more like this, look up subject: japan, muromachi period (1392–1573).
In a panorama of mountains and expanses of water, three gentlemen have assembled by moonlight to enjoy one another’s company away from a bustling village. An influx of ink paintings from China in both album and scroll formats beginning in the late 1200s inspired Japanese artists to create landscapes based upon Chinese prototypes. Later, Japanese painters adapted the imagery to the larger format of folding screens, which were used to define spaces in large rooms.
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