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Gain access to this incredible resource through either a monthly or a yearly subscription and search the entire collection from your desktop, compare multiple images side by side and zoom into the minute details of the images. Visit www.davidrumsey.com/amica for more information on the collection, click on the link below the revolving thumbnail to the right, or email us at amica@luna-img.com . Creator Name: Kim, Che Creator Nationality: Asian; Far East Asian; Korean Creator Role: Artist Creator Dates/Places: aft.1509 Gender: M Creator Name-CRT: Che Kim Title: Snowscape with Figures Title Type: Primary View: Full View Creation Start Date: 1584 Creation End Date: 1584 Creation Date: 1584 Object Type: Paintings Materials and Techniques: hanging scroll, ink on silk Dimensions: Image: 52.3cm x 67.2cm, Overall: 148.6cm x 90.2cm Inscriptions: Signature and seal of artist and date in upper left corner AMICA Contributor: The Cleveland Museum of Art Owner Location: Cleveland, Ohio, USA ID Number: 1987.187 Credit Line: Mr. and Mrs. William H. Marlatt Fund Rights: http://www.clemusart.com/museum/disclaim2.html Context: Landscape painting in Korea first appears in the early Koryo dynasty in illustrations to religious sutras, although much older, seventh-century molded ceramic tiles with elaborate landscape designs foreshadow the painting tradition. Historical records of the Koryo period point out examples of colorful landscapes, portraiture, and Buddhist imagery that, by and large, have not survived today. Certainly by the twelfth century, professional as well as amateur scholar-painters actively depicted the landscapeof Korea in addition to imaginary portrayals of China or the Buddhist realms. These three basic pictorial modes are best identified among the work of official court painters in the royal academy (Tohwaso) in the early Choson period. They enjoyed officialpatronage and were also exposed to Chinese Yuan and early Ming dynasty paintings owned by members of the court, whose relations with China had greatly improved. Especially popular among fifteenth- and sixteenth-century Korean patrons were imaginary Chineselandscapes executed in bold dark brushwork, emphasizing stark mountain shapes and vast expanses of space. Kim Che, an important writer and scholar whose father had preceded him at court, was one of the most celebrated court artists of the sixteenth century. His surviving works include figure paintings and landscape compositions in a distinctively Korean style that had emerged a century earlier in the imagery of the legendary artist An Kyon (1418 -?). This painting is important in that it clearly documents Kim Che's painting style at the end of the sixteenth century and thereby provides a basis for understanding other, anonymous works having similar characteristics. This picture features brooding tonal contrasts and expansive distances composed amid an unfolding human narrative of the joys of rustic seclusion. It is winter, yet travelers come and go freely on foot, horse, and by boat. M.R.C. AMICA ID: CMA_.1987.187 AMICA Library Year: 1998 Media Metadata Rights: Copyright, The Cleveland Museum of Art AMICA PUBLIC RIGHTS: a) Access to the materials is granted for personal and non-commercial use. b) A full educational license for non-commercial use is available from Cartography Associates at www.davidrumsey.com/amica/institution_subscribe.html c) Licensed users may continue their examination of additional materials provided by Cartography Associates, and d) commercial rights are available from the rights holder. Home
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