Mountain Light, Cloud Shadow
Chang Ku-nien
Description
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.
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