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 Asia Art Comparison

Both art pieces are showing off landscapes and are meant to be viewed from a certain viewpoint. They are both made with ink on paper and they are made as being personal art pieces. They are so similar when it comes to having the natural element of trees in the art piece. They both create a great atmosphere with the art and keep the eyes moving as it captures all that the art pieces have to show in a way they both represent time, but just in a different form. Gongwang’s art is meant to be viewed part by part as if moving with him which is in a sense a way to represent time passing through somewhere in this case nature, but it is all from his perspective, the art Dwelling in the Fuchun Mountains is like a moving picture for the viewers. Yet both are representing time but in their own forms, as for the other one it is taking the viewer through time of the years, with the art piece, Bamboo in the four seasons, just as suggested in the name of the art work. while the other is more like giving the viewer a trip in time through the landscape.The fact is that the importance of time is emphasized as they both made art to represent the time within nature itself. They also both have some great detail that helps the viewer understand what they are seeing/looking at making both arts easily interpreted simply by their art style and choice of viewing, Gongwangs being a scroll and the Bamboo art being the wall entrance to a past rumored garden.



detail, Huang Gongwang, Dwelling in the Fuchun Mountains,1350, handscroll, ink on paper

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When looking at Gongwang’s art piece alone we know that he made this art work as a personal piece that he wanted to have with him in his after life. His art expresses great detail with the trees/plants and the mountains. The purpose of the art piece was to be viewed in sections as if your eyes are going on a journey themselves, because this art was on a scroll it helped him give the viewer a perspective because that is how scrolls are meant to be viewed. When using scroll they movie along with the page as they scroll and reveal more of the landscape art. This image is an actual image made by Gongwang from giving the viewer multiple perspectives to view a scenery Time is expressed by the way you view the scrolled art work, It is meant to take you with it like “traveling” and give you a new perspective on things. His art style differs from the other art with dramatic attention to the detail of the surroundings in the art work. The color of this piece is more of a monochromatic theme that focuses on the shading and line works of the art work.






Attributed to Tosa Mistunobu, Bamboo in the Four Seasons, late 15th to early 16th century, ink, color and gold leaf on paper

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The Bamboo in the Four Seasons artwork was made for a building and therefore was meant to be a more personal piece for those inside that got to view the work. This artwork was suggested to have been the walls in a room that led to a garden. The purpose is to take the viewer on the journey of bamboo and the seasons that it travels through. By having this art and suggesting it would be the doors to open up to a garden suggest that this artwork was connected to nature itself and will display it through the wall art. As viewing the art you can notice the way it changes from right to left, being spring and ending in winter. This artwork had more focus on the color and growth within the season. You can notice that as you see the scenery of the bamboo gradually grows and then is meant to repeat just as it does yearly. The artist who made this included the vibrant color of nature that was important to the cultural area, (over time sadly most of the color has faded and is not as vibrant but still contains small colors left over) and basically was a very lively piece that connected inner nature to the outdoor nature of the garden.





Citations-

Dr. Sonia Coman and Dr. Steven Zucker, "Bamboo in the Four Seasons: painting and poetry in Japan," in Smarthistory, March 16, 2018, accessed February 11, 2021, https://smarthistory.org/tosa-mistunobu/.



Hung Sheng, "Huang Gongwang, Dwelling in the Fuchun Mountains," in Smarthistory, November 28, 2015, accessed February 11, 2021, https://smarthistory.org/huang-gongwang-dwelling-in-the-fuchun-mountains/.