Landscape After Huang Gongwang, 1752, Wang Yu, Chinese, active 1710-1750, 107 1/16 x 50 3/16 in. (271.9 x 127.5 cm)141 x 62 3/4 in. (358.14 x 159.39 cm) (mount), Ink and color on paper, China, 18th century, This monumental composition pays tribute to the famous Yuan dynasty scholar-painter Huang Gongwang (1269¡V1354). It is an attempt to combine two of Huang¡¦s preferred compositional methods in one landscape. One of them is pingyuan, or 'level-distance' perspective, defined as looking from a place in the foreground into the far distance across a flat landscape. The other is gaoyuan, or 'high-distance,' in which the viewer is placed at the bottom of a grand mountain looking up toward the summit. The painting shows a panoramic level-distance view. The spectator¡¦s eye is carried back into the depth of the composition through clearly marked stages. A rolling outline closes the high peaks in the background to demonstrate the 'high distance.'.