Cover art · mountains
Dream Journey among Rivers and Mountains, no. 90
Cheng Zhengkui (Chinese, 1604–1676), 1658.
Using it on a cover
The print file prints up to 11.3 x 0.6 in at 300 ppi — fine for smaller trims or inset artwork, but too small to fill a 6 x 9 in cover at 300 ppi. Wider than a 6 x 9 cover: crop about 97% of the width, or use it as a wraparound across back and spine.
About the work
Cliffs and waterfalls interspersed with trees and dotted vegetation are spread over this handscroll. Long paths wind their way through villages, beside cottages, shrines, and over bridges. In the past, Chinese literati officials liked to take a “dream journey” along mountains and rivers when viewing landscape paintings in their studios. Scenery of this kind thus became a way to escape from the world of bureaucracy and administration. The painter Cheng Zhengkui used the title “Dream Journey” for a whole series of paintings, of which this is number 90.
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Sources & data
- Artwork data and images from the Cleveland Museum of Art Open Access API (CC0).