Chinese Art

CHINESE ART
Landscape painting was regarded as the highest form of

Chinese painting.
 They also consider the three concepts of their arts: Nature,
Heaven and Humankind (Yin-Yang).
The Han court eunuch, Cai Lun, invented the paper in the 1st
Century AD it provided not only a cheap and widespread
medium for writing but painting became more economical.
Chinese Chinese art expresses the human understanding of the

relationship between nature and human.
Painting  This might be called the metaphysical, Daoist aspect of
Chinese painting.
 Flowers and birds
 Landscapes
 Palaces and Temples
Paintings  Human Figures
subjects and  Animals
Themes  Bamboos and Stones

 To make your painting interesting and realistic apply these Six
Principles of Chinese Painting established by Xie He, a writer,
art historian and critic in 5th century China.
1. Observe rhythm and movements
2. Leave spaces for the eyes to rest
6 Principles 3. Use brush in calligraphy
4. Use colors correctly

5. Live up to tradition by copying the master’s artwork.
6. Copy the correct proportion of the objects and nature.
 It is the art of beautiful handwriting.
 In calligraphy, the popular materials which paintings are made
of are paper and silk.
Calligraphy
 Straight inclined -more economical for common Chinese
architecture .
 Multi-inclined -Roofs with two or more sections of incline.
These roofs are used for residences of wealthy Chinese.
Three main types  Sweeping -has curves that rise at the corners of the roof. These
of roofs in are usually reserved for temples and palaces.
traditional Chinese
architecture
 Peking opera face-painting or Jingju Lianpu is done with
different colors in accordance with the performing characters’
personality and historical assessment.
 Lianpu is called the false mask.
Peking Opera
 Guan Ju - Red indicates devotion, courage, bravery, uprightness
and loyalty.
MEANING OF  Huang Pang - Yellow signifies fierceness, ambition and cool-

headedness.
COLORS FOR  Zhu Wen - A green face tells the audience that the character is
FACE not only impulsive and violent, he also lacks self- restraint.
PAINTING  Zhang Fei - Black symbolizes roughness and fierceness. The

black face indicates either a rough and bold character or an
impartial and selfless personality.
 Lian Po - Purple stands for uprightness and cool- headedness.
While a reddish purple face indicates a just and noble character.
 Cao Cao - white suggests treachery, suspiciousness and

craftiness. It is common to see the white face of the powerful
villain on stage.
 Jiang Gan - The clown or chou in Chinese Opera has special
makeup patterns called xiaohualian (the petty painted face).
Sometimes a small patch of chalk is painted around the nose to
show a mean and secretive character.
 Gold and silver colors are usually used for gods and spirits.
 In China, traditional funerals include burning yuanbao which is
a folded paper that look like gold nuggets or ingots called
Chinese Folk Sycee. Also in Ghost Festival.

 A sycee is a type of silver or gold ingot currency used in China.
Art
 Gold sycees -are used as a symbol of prosperity.
 Chinese paper cuttings are usually symmetrical in design when
unfolded and adapt the 12 animals of the Chinese Zodiac as
themes and motifs and mostly choose the red color.
 The earliest use of paper was made as a pattern for lacquers,
decoration on windows, doors, and walls.
 Jianzhi is the first type of paper cutting design, since paper was
invented by the Chinese.
Paper Cutting  They are sometimes referred to "chuāng huā", meaning
Window Flower.
 Chinese Kites originated in WeiFang, Sandong, China (City of
Kites)
 Chinese kites may be differentiated into four main categories:
1. Centipede
2. Hard-Winged Kites
Chinese Kite 3. Soft-Winged Kites
4. Flat Kites
 Zhongguo is the Chinese decorative handicraft art that began as
a form of Chinese folk art in the Tang and Song Dynasty (960-
1279 AD) in China.
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CHINESE ART

Landscape painting was regarded as the highest form of

Chinese Chinese art expresses the human understanding of the

Paintings  Human Figures

subjects and  Animals

Themes  Bamboos and Stones

4. Use colors correctly

MEANING OF  Huang Pang - Yellow signifies fierceness, ambition and cool-

PAINTING  Zhang Fei - Black symbolizes roughness and fierceness. The

 Cao Cao - white suggests treachery, suspiciousness and

Chinese Folk Sycee. Also in Ghost Festival.

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