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Rubbing of Stone Inscription, 1945
194520th century
38 1/2 in. x 94 1/2 in. (97.79 cm x 240.03 cm)
Yuxiang Feng, Chinese, (1882–1948)
Object Type:
Manuscripts, Illuminations and Book Arts
Creation Place:
Asia, China
Medium and Support:
pigment on paper
Credit Line:
Carleton College Art Collection
Accession Number:
1997.577
This rubbing of a stone tablet reproduces an inscription by Feng Yuxiang (1882-1948). The source is a classical text, roughly titled "Everything Under Heaven." Feng, a general, promoted resistance against the Japanese during World War II; during the Civil War of 1945-49, Feng sided with the Communists.
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- Chinese - Describes works created by the people of the same name living in China.
- Contemporary - Refers to painting, sculpture, graphic arts, and architecture dating from the recent past and present. It differs from modern art in that the term 'contemporary art' does not carry the implication of a non-traditional style, but instead refers only to the time period in which the work was created. 'Modern' and 'contemporary' are inherently fluid terms. The term 'contemporary' is sometimes more narrowly used to refer to art from ca. 1960 or 1970 up to the present.
- paper (fiber product) - Refers generally to all types of matted or felted sheets or webs of fiber formed and dried on a fine screen from a pulpy water suspension. The fibers may be animal, such as hair, silk or wool, or mineral, such as asbestos, or synthetic. However most paper is made from cellulosic plant fiber, such as from wood pulp, grass, cotton, linen, and straw.
- pigment - Refers to any relatively insoluble organic, inorganic, natural or artificial substance that imparts a color to another substance or mixture and always appears as the same specific color when viewed in white light. It is the constituent of paint or ink that provides the color.
- red (color) - Hue name for one of the three primary additive colors; that portion of the spectrum lying at the lowest frequencies of light discernible by the human eye, with a wavelength range between 630 and 760 nanometers. The term may refer to any of this group of colors that vary in lightness and saturation. Examples of red color in nature are that of blood and ripe cherries.
- rubbing (transferring techniques) - Transferring an image from a relief or incised surface to a material such as paper or cloth, either by placing the material over the surface and applying pressure and friction with a medium such as chalk or pencil, or by inking the surface, placing the material, and applying pressure and friction.
- rubbings (visual works) - Images made by placing a material such as paper or cloth over a relief, incised, or textured surface and rubbing.
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