COLLECTION NAME:
The AMICA Library
Record
AMICA ID:
MIA_.99.17.1
AMICA Library Year:
2002
Object Type:
Paintings
Creator Name:
artist unknown
Creator Nationality:
Asian; Far East Asian; Chinese
Creator Name-CRT:
artist unknown
Title:
Corridor Through the Pines
View:
Front
Creation Date:
13th century - 14th century
Creation Start Date:
1200
Creation End Date:
1399
Materials and Techniques:
ink and colors on silk; oval fan
Dimensions:
H.9-11/16 x W.9-1/2 in.
Component Measured:
overall
Measurement Unit:
in
AMICA Contributor:
The Minneapolis Institute of Arts
Owner Location:
Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
ID Number:
99.17.1
Credit Line:
Gift of Joan Wurtele
Inscriptions:
STAMP; LABEL
Context:
This small oval ink painting displays the landscape subject matter and "one corner" compositional device associated with Hsia Kuei (active 1180-1224) and other artists of the Southern Sung painting academy.
A series of structures linked by a long, covered walkway are shown nestled into pine covered mountain slopes overlooking a mist shrouded valley. The vision is of a harmonious, inviting, and controlled environment. Replacing the immeasurable vastness of earlier Northern Sung ink landscape painting is a somewhat more limited and restrained view of nature reflecting the shift toward the poetic, intimate, and more impressionistic vision of the Southern Sung academy.
Related Image Identifier Link:
MIA_.24225c.tif
