Into the Seven Jeweled Mountain
According to ancient Chinese artist Zong Bing (375–443 CE), an excellent landscape painting not only enables the viewer to feel the sublime energy of nature but also substitutes for real nature. In today’s terms, it takes the power of immersive experiences.
In Korea, mountains known for awe-inspiring topographic features were much beloved among early tourists and pilgrims and soon became the most popular subject of landscape paintings. A 19th-century 10-panel folding screen in the Cleveland Museum of Art’s collection is the most spectacular example portraying the Seven Jeweled Mountain’s eccentric terrain that was shaped by ancient volcanic eruptions.
After the Korean War (1950–53), the Seven Jeweled Mountain became part of North Korea and thus inaccessible to the outside world. This groundbreaking digital immersive exhibition leads you on a hike in this wondrous terrain. Coupled with From Dreaming to Hiking: Korean Landscape Painting in the Korea Foundation Gallery (gallery 236), Into the Seven Jeweled Mountain invites you to explore the realm of Korean landscape painting in an exciting new way.
All exhibitions at the Cleveland Museum of Art are underwritten by the CMA Fund for Exhibitions. Principal annual support is provided by Michael Frank and the late Pat Snyder and the John and Jeanette Walton Exhibition Fund. Generous annual support is provided by an anonymous supporter, the late Dick Blum and Harriet Warm, Gary and Katy Brahler, Cynthia and Dale Brogan, Dr. Ben and Julia Brouhard, Brenda and Marshall Brown, Richard and Dian Disantis, the Jeffery Wallace Ellis Trust in memory of Lloyd H. Ellis Jr., Leigh and Andy Fabens, the Frankino-Dodero Family Fund for Exhibitions Endowment, Janice Hammond and Edward Hemmelgarn, Marta Jack and the late Donald M. Jack Jr., Carl T. Jagatich, Eva and Rudolf Linnebach, William S. and Margaret F. Lipscomb, Bill and Joyce Litzler, Lu Anne and the late Carl Morrison, Jeffrey Mostade and Eric Nilson and Varun Shetty, Tim O’Brien and Breck Platner, William J. and Katherine T. O’Neill, Michael and Cindy Resch, Betty T. and David M. Schneider, the Kelvin and Eleanor Smith Foundation, Paula and Eugene Stevens, Margaret and Loyal Wilson, the Womens Council of the Cleveland Museum of Art, and Claudia Woods and David Osage.
The Cleveland Museum of Art is funded in part by residents of Cuyahoga County through a public grant from Cuyahoga Arts & Culture.
This exhibition was supported in part by the Ohio Arts Council, which receives support from the State of Ohio and the National Endowment for the Arts.
