Fan Kuan/Guo Xi Hanging Scrolls, 2016
Table of Contents
Overview of the Collection
- Creator
- National Palace Museum, Taipei, Taiwan
- Title
- Fan Kuan/Guo Xi Hanging Scrolls
- Dates
- 2016
- Quantity
- 2 hanging scrolls
- Collection Number
- OLPb162FAN
- Summary
- Reproductions of Fan Kuan's "Travellers Among the Mountains and Streams" and Guo Xi's "Early Spring" (11th century landscape paintings).
- Repository
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Lewis & Clark College, Special Collections and Archives
Aubrey R. Watzek Library
615 S. Palatine Hill Rd.
Portland, OR
97219
Telephone: 5037687758
Fax: 5037687282
archives@lclark.edu - Access Restrictions
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This collection has no restrictions and is open for research.
- Languages
- English
Historical Note
Fan Kuan was one of the leading figures of Northern Song (960-1127) landscape art, and his "Travellers among Mountains and Streams" is one of the greatest Chinese paintings. His work introduced the principle of sanfen gefa--the three-division method in which foreground, middleground, and background occupy distinct spheres.
Guo Xi was Scholar of Arts at the Hanlin Painting Academy, where he was prolific as both a painter and theorist. Many of his works are lost because they were painted directly on the sides of buildings."Early Spring" (1072) fuses multiple perspectives in a representation of the ideal landscape. His treatise "Linquan gaozhi" (1117) defended objectivity and verisimilitude against the rise of subjectivism in the work of Mi Fei and others.
Content Description
2 hanging scrolls (boxed)
Use of the Collection
Restrictions on Use
Permission to publish, exhibit, broadcast, or quote from materials in the Watzek Library Archives & Special Collections requires written permission of the Head of Archives & Special Collections.
Preferred Citation
Fan Kuan/Guo Xi Hanging Scrolls, Lewis & Clark College Aubrey Watzek Library Archives & Special Collections, Portland, Oregon.
Administrative Information
Return to TopDetailed Description of the Collection
The following section contains a detailed listing of the materials in the collection.
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Description: Fan Kuan, "Travellers Among Mountains and Streams" [reproduction]Torinokogami, satin, and ebony; 187 x 67 cm.Dates: Undated [ca. 2016; original 11th c.]Container: Box 1
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Description: Guo Xi, "Early Spring" [reproduction]Torinokogami, satin, and ebony; 179 x 84 cm.Dates: Undated [ca. 2016; original 11th c.]Container: Box 2
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Personal Names
- Fan, Kuan, approximately 956-approximately 1026 (creator)
- Guo, Xi, active 11th century (creator)
Geographical Names
- Henan Sheng (China).
- Shaanxi Sheng (China).
Form or Genre Terms
- Landscape paintings
- Paintings--Reproductions
- Scrolls (visual works)
