ID: 700000130 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700000130	Record Type: Movable Work
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Viewing the Waterfalls at Longqiu (handscroll; Dai Xi (Chinese, 1801–1860), with additional inscriptions an...; 1847; Saint Louis Art Museum (Saint Louis, St. Louis Indep. City, ...; 7: 19853 ; )

Note: Dai Xi was commissioned by a young scholar to paint the landscape of the Longqiu scenic zone of Mount Yandang, in eastern Zhejiang Province, a place renowned for its majestic waterfalls. The mountain was remote and nearly inaccessible, but the young scholar ventured to the distant site to admire the beautifully bizarre natural rock formations that complemented the spectacular dual falls cascading into the mountain's Dragon Pool. Dai Xi fittingly inscribed the beginning of the painting in ancient seal script, as if the title itself was carved on the very rock of the mountain. He built up layers of muted gray using an old, worn brush, gradually texturing the landscape to an extraordinary rich, silvery appearance. Dai Xi empathetically depicted his patron, the young scholar, seated alone in the poolside pavilion, serenely contemplating the clouds of fine mist rising from the roiling froth of the powerful falls.

Titles:

Viewing the Waterfalls at Longqiu (preferred,C,U,RP,English-P,U,U)

Catalog Level: item

Work Types:

handscroll [300178463] (preferred)

..... (Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by material or technique>, paintings (visual works), <paintings by form>, scroll paintings)

Classifications:

paintings (preferred)

Asian art

Creation Date: 1847

Creator Display:

Dai Xi (Chinese, 1801–1860), with additional inscriptions and colophons added by other officials; commissioned by Wu Zhongzhun [preferred,VP]

draftsman Dai Xi (Chinese scholar and painter, 1801-1860) [500115667]

patron Wu Zhongzhun (Chinese patron, active mid-19th century) [500329585]

Locations:

Other: Creation: Beijing [7001758] Beijing Shi (municipality), China (nation), Asia (continent), World (facet) (Geographic)

Current: St. Louis Art Museum (Saint Louis, St. Louis Indep. City, Missouri, United States) [500308329] Corporate Bodies (Corp. Body)

Repository Numbers: 7: 19853

Credit Line: William K. Bixby Trust for Asian Art and Museum Shop Fund

Display Materials: ink on paper, in a silk brocade cover with calligraphies written on separate sheets

	ink [300015012]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by function>, coating (material), <coating by form>)

	paper (fiber product) [300014109]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by form>, <materials by physical form>, <fiber and fiber by product>, <fiber by product>)

	silk (textile) [300243428]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by form>, <materials by physical form>, <fiber and fiber by product>, <fiber by product>, textile materials, <textile materials by composition or origin>)

Dimensions: 31.9 x 133.9 cm (12 1/2 x 52 3/4 inches)

Cultures:

Chinese (preferred)

Style/Period/Group/Movement:

	Wen ren [300106509] (preferred,N/A)
	.....(Styles and Periods Facet, Styles and Periods (hierarchy name), <styles| periods| and cultures by region>, Asian, East Asian, Chinese (culture or style), Chinese painting styles)

	Qing (dynastic styles and periods) [300018478] (N/A)
	.....(Styles and Periods Facet, Styles and Periods (hierarchy name), <styles| periods| and cultures by region>, Asian, East Asian, Chinese (culture or style), Chinese dynastic styles and periods)

	Daoguang [300018490] (N/A)
	.....(Styles and Periods Facet, Styles and Periods (hierarchy name), <styles| periods| and cultures by region>, Asian, East Asian, Chinese (culture or style), Chinese dynastic styles and periods, Qing (dynastic styles and periods))

General Subject:

landscapes (preferred)

human figures

Specific Subjects:

	Yandang Shan [7237563]
	.....(Yandang Shan (mountains), Zhejiang (province), China (nation), Asia (continent), World (facet)) (TGN)

	Da Long Qiu [8712110]
	.....(Yandang Shan (mountains), Zhejiang (province), China (nation), Asia (continent), World (facet)) (TGN)

	waterfall (body of water) [300008736]
	.....(Objects Facet, Built Environment (hierarchy name), Settlements and Landscapes (hierarchy name), landscapes (environments), natural landscapes, bodies of water (natural), bodies of freshwater, <bodies of freshwater by biome>, riverine bodies of water) (AAT)

	Da Long Qiu [7237564]
	.....(Zhejiang (province), China (nation), Asia (continent), World (facet)) (TGN)

	pool (body of water) [300008692]
	.....(Objects Facet, Built Environment (hierarchy name), Settlements and Landscapes (hierarchy name), landscapes (environments), natural landscapes, bodies of water (natural)) (AAT)

	mountain [300008795]
	.....(Objects Facet, Built Environment (hierarchy name), Settlements and Landscapes (hierarchy name), landscapes (environments), natural landscapes, landforms (terrestrial)) (AAT)

	pine (genus) [300343658]
	.....(Agents Facet, Living Organisms (hierarchy name), living organisms (entities), Eukaryota (domain), Plantae (kingdom), Coniferophyta (division), Pinopsida (class), Pinales (order), Pinaceae (family)) (AAT)

	literati (painters) [300264837]
	.....(Agents Facet, People (hierarchy name), people (agents), <people by occupation>, <people in the humanities>, <people in the arts and related occupations>, <people in the arts>, <people in the visual arts and related occupations>, <people in the visual arts>, artists (visual artists), <artists by subject or style of work>) (AAT)

	poetry [300055931]
	.....(Associated Concepts Facet, Associated Concepts (hierarchy name), <concepts in the arts and humanities>, <genres in literature and performing arts>, <genres for literature>, <poetry and poems>) (AAT)

	cloud [300343840]
	.....(Associated Concepts Facet, Associated Concepts (hierarchy name), scientific concepts, physical sciences concepts, earth sciences concepts, earth features) (AAT)

Inscriptions: inscribed with the colophons and encomia of the artist and several other collaborators: Dai Xi, Luchuang Juren, Lun An, Meng Xin, Shun Qi, Shun Shi, Shun Si, Song Ping, Yu An, Jing Dong Juren, and Wen Jie

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Movable Works

.......... Movable Works by class: drawings, paintings, prints, other two-dimensional media

Sources and Contributors:
Viewing the Waterfalls at Longqiu	........ [VP]
	........ St Louis Art Museum [online] (2010-)

Subject: ....... [VP]

Note:
English	..... [VP]
	..... St Louis Art Museum [online] (2010-) accesssed 12 March 2018, http://emuseum.slam.org/objects/15408/viewing-the-waterfalls-at-longqiu;jsessionid=EC1C28E09B7ED943060CD9C2E15724F9?ctx=4b72deff-5658-498f-aa7a-4556497eff7c&idx=0