Yergens 1 Molly Yergens Laurel Sparks AIB MFA Semester 1 1 April 2011 Floating Perspective: Adventures in Landscape and Culture Uninhibited by conventions of perspective, Ts’aiChia’s “Landscape with ScholarViewing a Waterfall” of 1777 (Figure 1) and Ton y Berlant’s “Mountain Journey” of 1991 (Figure 2) provide similar opportunities for the eye to explore the imposing scale and unusual presentation of space and place shared by both works. Berlant’s “Mountain Journey” pays tribute to traditional Chinese landscape painting by amplifying its colossal scale, its eccentric presentation of space, and the abstraction of its interlocking shapes, introducing a new cultural and historical context. Berlant creates a visual remix of old ideas, the contemporary interpretation shedding new light onto a traditional style. Ts’ai Chia’s “Landscape with Scholar Viewing a Waterfall” , is at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts in a dimly lit room full of traditional hanging scrolls. Its size and the presence ofboth meticulous detail and playful abstraction command attention. A figure sits in the foreground, perched peacefully in the foliage on a throne-like rock. The title suggests that the figure, enjoying his time with the waterfall, is harmoniously pondering intelligent and significant thoughts.
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Uninhibited by conventions of perspective, Ts’ai Chia’s “Landscape with Scholar
Viewing a Waterfall” of 1777 (Figure 1) and Tony Berlant’s “Mountain Journey” of 1991
(Figure 2) provide similar opportunities for the eye to explore the imposing scale and unusual
presentation of space and place shared by both works.
Berlant’s “Mountain Journey” pays tribute to traditional Chinese landscape painting by
amplifying its colossal scale, its eccentric presentation of space, and the abstraction of itsinterlocking shapes, introducing a new cultural and historical context. Berlant creates a visual
remix of old ideas, the contemporary interpretation shedding new light onto a traditional style.
Ts’ai Chia’s “Landscape with Scholar Viewing a Waterfall” , is at the Minneapolis
Institute of Arts in a dimly lit room full of traditional hanging scrolls. Its size and the presence of
both meticulous detail and playful abstraction command attention. A figure sits in the
foreground, perched peacefully in the foliage on a throne-like rock. The title suggests that the
figure, enjoying his time with the waterfall, is harmoniously pondering intelligent and significant