Chinese painting, the flower of Chinese culture, is distinguished by a spirit and an atmosphere of its own. It is entirely different from Western painting. That difference is hard to grasp and express. It has a certain tone and atmosphere, visible in Western painting, but essentially different...
Jing-zhao (now Yaoxian County, Shaanxi Province). A leading official of the Tang Dynasty, he was titled Duke of Hedong Commandery and popularly called Liu He Dong. A great calligrapher of his time, he was ranked alongside Yan Zhenqing as one of two great calligraphers. The two were referre...
Given its subject matter and time slot, A Bite of China was initially considered a "weak player" on TV. Surprisingly, the documentary became popular immediately after airing, and has made viewers go beyond thinking about delicacies. "Man is what he eats," said Ludwig Feuerbach. From its very...
Wang is popularly known as a model of humanistic education as expressed in poetry, music, and painting. In the 17th century, the writer on art Dong Qichang established Wang as the founder of the revered Southern school of painter-poets, whom Dong characterized as more concerned with personal ...
Wang Wei was one of the most famous men of arts and letters during the Tang dynasty, one of the golden ages of Chinese cultural history. Wang is popularly known as a model of humanistic education as expressed in poetry, music, and painting. In the 17th c
There has been a lot of hype around the ‘holy grail’ of classical Chinese painting – Wood and Rock by Su Shi (1037-1101). For anyone outside the Chinese-speaking world who has never heard of Su Shi, they would be perplexed by the sensation caused by t
Ming Dynasty Painting• Morecolourswereusedin• Morecolourswereusedinpainting during the Ming Dynasty.Especially, darkbrown becamewidely used. Qing Dynasty Painting• During Qing Dynasty , paintersrebelled against traditional rulesof painting and found ways tohlhhexpressthemselvesthroughfree brushwork. ...
slips as the material for writing or painting on. Silk had advantages over the slips in that it was much lighter and could be cut in desired shapes and sizes and folded, the better to be kept and carried. But owing to its much greater cost, silk was never so popularly used as the ...
Ancient Chinese drama theory favors the skill of transformation(化工),not “the skill of painting (画工) because the latter “ tries to mimic reality, but this always in vain. It is therefore superficial and cannot reach to the bottom of ones heart. Although the skill itself can be high ...
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