Transcript Chinese painting - 重庆邮电大学

Chinese painting
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In contrast to Western paintings, one may say that
earlier traditional Chinese painters use color very
sparingly or abandon it altogether, and rely mainly
on “line sketches” and “ink and wash” for effect.
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The tools used in traditional Chinese painting are
paintbrush, ink, traditional paint and special paper
or silk
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Chinese painting developed and was classified by
theme into three genres: figures, landscapes, and
birds-and-flowers.
As Chinese is an ideographic language, its
calligraphy has its infinite variations and is in
itself an art. So, the calligraphy of the inscription
and signature on Chinese paintings should be
directly linked with the images themselves.
Human-figure painting
Tang ying
In the 18th century, a group of painters such as Jin Nong
and Zheng Banqiao mainly took plum blossoms, orchids,
chrysanthemums and bamboo, peony as their subjects,
and reproduced them in paintings with innovated
techniques. They nourished the growth of such
contemporary masters as Wu Changshuo and Qi Baishi.
Zheng ban qiao
 Wu chang shuo
 (1844-1972
This was painted by Li Keran, a noted landscape painter,
who has a simple and dignified style. Artists like Fu Baoshi,
Qian Songyan and Ya Ming reproduce scenes of the
countryside south of the Yangtze River in paintings that are
bright in color. Guan Shanyue excels at well-knit
composition.
Fu bao shi
(1904-1965)
Gong-bi painting
 This is a painting
of the gongbi
school of
meticulous
brushwork and
close attention to
detail. Look, in
the painting
every leaf and
even every stem
and vein of
peonies is drawn
in minute detail.
Wu dao zi
 The other school is xieyi or the
impressionistic school. Painters of this school
use broad, dashing strokes on Xuan paper
and strive to render spirit and rhythm instead
of faithfulness to detail.