Cranes on snow-covered pine
Details
- Palette
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- Dimensions
- 52.4 × 23.5 cm (20 5/8 × 9 1/4 in.)
- Origin
- Japan
- Department
- Arts of Asia
- Holding institution
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Image provider
- art-institute-chicago
- License
- CC0-1.0
- Credit
- Clarence Buckingham Collection
Art Genome Taxonomy
10 tags
Subject Matter
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Animals Both · 99%
Two cranes are the principal subjects, visibly identifiable by their long bills, necks, legs, and patterned feathers; the title confirms their presence.
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Flora Both · 98%
Pine branches and dense clusters of needles are prominent throughout the image and are identified in the title as snow-covered pine.
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Landscapes Both · 94%
The composition presents snow-covered terrain, pine growth, and rocky forms as a natural winter setting surrounding the cranes.
Visual Qualities
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Highly Detailed Visual · 97%
Fine repeated lines describe feather barbs and layered plumage, while numerous short marks articulate pine needles and rocky surfaces.
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Dark Colors Visual · 94%
Dark blue-green pine clusters, black feather markings, and brown rocky forms are major color masses against pale snow and paper-colored areas.
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Asymmetrical Visual · 95%
The cranes and surrounding pine and rock formations are distributed unevenly across the tall sheet, producing a clearly asymmetrical arrangement.
Medium and Techniques
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Prints Metadata · 100%
The museum classifies the work as a print and identifies its medium as a color woodblock print.
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Woodcut and Linocut Metadata · 100%
The catalog explicitly identifies the medium as a color woodblock print, corresponding to the woodcut print category.
Time Periods
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19th Century Art Metadata · 99%
The work is dated c. 1834, placing it in the nineteenth century.
Geographic Regions
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Japanese Art Metadata · 100%
The catalog gives Japan as the place of origin and identifies the style as Japanese culture or style.
Source & rights
Katsushika Hokusai. Cranes on snow-covered pine. The Art Institute of Chicago.