Grapevine
July is the season of the ripening deep blue grapes, and also the month when the monsoon season begins in Korea. To the accompaniment of stormy summer wind, grape vines make a spectacular full circle across the surface of this eight-panel folding screen. The artist employed a variety of ink tones to create a sense of swift movement of grapevines amid turbulent storms. Since their first introduction to the Korean peninsula around the 7th century through the Silk Road, grapes were used as artistic motifs. Artists embellished the surface of mother-of-pearl lacquer boxes or blue-and-white porce...
Details
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- Dimensions
- image: height 1.005 m, width 3.45 m
- Department
- Korean Art
- Holding institution
- Cleveland Museum of Art
- Image provider
- cleveland-museum-of-art
- License
- CC0-1.0
- Credit
- Gift from the Collection of George Gund III
Art Genome Taxonomy
10 tags
Subject Matter
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Flora Both · 99%
The image is dominated by grapevines, lobed leaves, tendrils, and hanging clusters of grapes; the title and museum description identify the central motif as a grapevine.
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Movement Both · 86%
The sweeping vine, trailing tendrils, varied stroke weights, and repeated arcs create an implied sense of motion; the museum description likewise characterizes the grapevines as moving swiftly amid turbulent storms.
Visual Qualities
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Curvilinear Forms Visual · 98%
The vines, tendrils, stems, and branches repeatedly form sweeping arcs, loops, and other curved contours across the screen.
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Dense Composition Visual · 94%
The middle and upper sections contain overlapping branches, leaves, and grape clusters in a concentrated mass, while the outer panels retain more open paper areas.
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Irregular Linear Forms Visual · 92%
Thin, varied brush lines trace tendrils and smaller stems in irregular paths, contrasting with the heavier strokes of the main branches.
Medium and Techniques
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East Asian Ink-and-Wash Painting Both · 92%
The work is cataloged as ink on paper, and the image visibly uses brush lines and diluted ink tones characteristic of East Asian ink-and-wash painting.
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Screen Format Metadata · 99%
The catalog explicitly identifies an eight-panel folding screen; the image visibly shows eight vertical panels joined in a continuous format.
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Work on Paper Metadata · 98%
The catalog specifies ink on paper, and the visible painted ground is paper-covered within the folding-screen format.
Time Periods
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19th Century Art Metadata · 99%
The museum dates the work to the early 1800s and identifies the artist as active in the first half of the 19th century.
Geographic Regions
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Korean Art Metadata · 99%
The artist, place of origin, department, and classification identify the work as Korean art.
Source & rights
Choe Seok-hwan (Korean, active first half of 19th century). Grapevine. Cleveland Museum of Art.