{"object":[{"sourceId":{"label":"Source ID","value":"38196"},"creditline":{"label":"Credit Line","value":"George and Mary Rockwell Collection"},"labelText":{"label":"More Information","value":"From ancient times, Mount Kumgang, located in North Korea, was widely romanticized as an idealized land in literature and painting as far away as China and Japan. But it was not until the eighteenth century that the depiction of Mount Kumgang as native scenery was elevated by painter Jeong Seon (1676\u20131759) to a new art form known as \u201ctrue scenery\u201d or \u201ctrue-view.\u201d Jeong Seon not only accomplished a fair number of heroic paintings that captured the mountain fully but also painted intimate scenes of locations within Mount Kumgang. His \u201cdocumentary\u201d style painting was strongly influenced by a literary movement at the time that had popularized poetry based on the observation of nature and the experiences of travel.The two album leaves here follow Jeong Seon\u2019s style of depicting Mount Kumgang from two different viewpoints: an upward view at the foot of the Mount Kumgang, and an overlook view from the top of the Mount Kumgang. By combining earlier Korean painting trends with a new Chinese-inspired fashion of the Southern school, the artist successful interpreted distinctive features of the mountain. (\"Tradition, Transmission, and Transformation in East Asian Art,\" curated by Cornell PhD student Yuhua Ding under the supervision of Ellen Avril and presented at the Johnson Museum January 23-June 12, 2016)"},"invno":{"label":"Object number","value":"99.067.002"},"description":{"label":"Description","value":"Bird's-eye view of mountainous landscape with rugged peaks in the background, pine trees and cliffs lining a river valley in the middle ground, and human figures, a cottage nestled in a large cave-like boulder in the foreground. Executed in fine linear brushstrokes and ink washes of varying tonalities in black and blue. The subject of Mount Kumgang in central eastern Korea and the characteristic vertical lines or \"wrinkles\" are notable in Korean painting tradition (see Notes)."},"medium":{"label":"Medium","value":"Album leaf; ink and colors on paper"},"onview":{"label":"On View","value":"0"},"media":{"label":"Media","value":"99.067.002_Disc0455_04555001"},"title":{"label":"Title","value":"View of Mount Kumgang"},"classification":{"label":"Classifications","value":"Paintings"},"primaryMedia":{"value":"https://emuseum.cornell.edu/internal/media/dispatcher/77693/full"},"culture":{"label":"Culture","value":"Korean"},"displayDate":{"label":"Date","value":"Choson dynasty (1392-1910); Joseon dynasty (1392-1910); 19th century"},"id":{"label":"Id","value":"217025"},"dimensions":{"label":"Dimensions","value":"Image: 12 11/16 x 17 1/16 inches (32.3 x 43.3 cm)"}}]}