ID: 700008851 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700008851	Record Type: Movable Work
Images: 1

Sitting on Rocks Gazing at Clouds (leaf (gathered matter); Li Tang (ca. 1070-after 1150); Song dynasty; National Palace Museum (Taipei, Taibei, Taiwan))

Note: This work is an arrangement of more forms that distinguishes it from the one-corner compositions of many Southern Song landscape paintings, in which a large portion is left blank to suggest mist. Close examination of the painting, however, still clearly reveals a cleverly arranged diagonal composition. Based on this imaginary diagonal line, the upper left and lower right portions show an interesting relationship of contrasts between void and solid, respectively. Two figures in the lower right wear wide robes and dangle their feet in the water, admiring the beautiful scenery in the upper left. The fine scenery here is filled with trees, the rugged cliffs painted with blue-and-green colors and ink washes, to which ochre has been added for variation. Delicately infused with a compelling realism of rocky texture in Li Tang's "Wind in Pines Among a Myriad Valleys" is the exquisite sentiment of Zhao Lingrang's intimate scenery, making this not far removed from the characteristics of Northern Song landscape painting.

Titles:

Sitting on Rocks Gazing at Clouds (preferred,C,U,DE,English-P,U,U)

宋　李唐　坐石看雲 (C,U,RP,Chinese (simplified),U,U)

Assis sur des rochers en regardant les nuages (C,U,French,U,U)

Catalog Level: item

Work Types:

leaf (gathered matter) [300115833] (preferred)

..... (Objects Facet, Components (hierarchy name), components (objects parts), <components by specific context>, information form components, gathered matter components)

Classifications:

paintings (preferred)

Creation Date: Song dynasty

Creator Display:

Li Tang (ca. 1070-after 1150) [preferred,VP]

artist Li Tang (Chinese painter, 1050s-after 1130) [500321561]

Locations:

Current: National Palace Museum (Taipei, Taibei, Taiwan) [500309392] Corporate Bodies (Corp. Body)

Display Materials: Album leaf, ink and colors on silk

	undetermined (information indicator) [300379012]
	.......(Associated Concepts Facet, Associated Concepts (hierarchy name), multidisciplinary concepts)

Dimensions: 27.7 x 30 cm

Cultures:

Chinese (preferred)

Style/Period/Group/Movement:

	Song (Chinese culture, style, and period) [300018427] (preferred,dynasty)
	.....(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)

General Subject:

landscapes (preferred)

Specific Subjects:

	idealized landscape (visual work) [300417328]
	.....(Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by subject type>, landscapes (representations)) (AAT)

	trees (woody plants) [300132410]
	.....(Agents Facet, Living Organisms (hierarchy name), living organisms (entities), Eukaryota (domain), Plantae (kingdom), woody plants) (AAT)

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

	figures (representations) [300189808]
	.....(Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by subject type>) (AAT)

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Movable Works

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

Sources and Contributors:
Sitting on Rocks Gazing at Clouds	........ [VP,AS-Academia Sinica]
	........ National Palace Museum database (2008-)
宋　李唐　坐石看雲	........ [VP,AS-Academia Sinica]
	........ National Palace Museum database (2008-)
Assis sur des rochers en regardant les nuages	........ [VP]
	........ National Palace Museum database (2008-)

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

Note:
English	..... [VP]
	..... National Palace Museum database (2008-)