Quiet Life in a Wooded Glen 林麓幽居圖
Yuan dynasty (1279–1368), dated 1361
Medium
Hanging scroll; ink and light colors on paper
Dimensions
177.8 × 64.2 cm (70 × 25 1/4 in.)
Classification
hanging scroll
Department
Arts of Asia
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
61483
Rights
Public Domain
About this artwork
This modest cottage nestled at the foot of towering mountains presents a quintessential image of academic retreat from the “dusty” world of material concerns and political instabilities. Its cultured occupant kneels on a platform and plays the zither (qin); a book lies open before him and young servants wait attentively nearby. The luxuriant setting of layered peaks and intertwined trees, as well as the dry, charcoal- like treatment of fibrous and dotted boulders, is imbued with a textural richn...
About the Artist
Wang Meng · 1308–1385
Chinese, ca. 1308–1385