Traditional Chinese Painting

Distant origins in China as far back in the history of traditional Chinese painting can reach. In general, people who are engaged in various activities, mainly line drawings before the T'ang dynasty (618-907 AD) of built works, words, and this person's drawing of the "golden era". By landscapes and flowers, and a new figure emerged began his rise to the mid-T'ang dynasty. Mountains, forests, fields and gardens Figure from the vexations of the material world as a peaceful, tranquil area away one can carry. Because of this, the landscape paintings has been evaluated by China's literati and bureaucrats always high. Flowers grass. Trees. Stone, and the new and vibrant vibrant flowers and other animals depicted in the new picture is widely respected and is Previous paintings of the human figure and the figure of landscapes and flower and bird species, including the three main categories of traditional Chinese painting.


T'ang St. (960-1279 AD) dynasties, and dominated by an elite class of Chinese painting major supporters. The goal behind the creative works of art produced in this period was more serious, political, and educational importance, was able to elaborate and ornate style, the works. Figure dynasty from the court fairly well systematized academy was established. St. Emperor ears Tsung, fine art and illustration lovers, and a skilled writer in his own right, and granted special patronage in the school of painters, sponsored the training of promising painters. Academy picture of this era to have reached the pinnacle of its activities.

However, the gradual social, economic, and cultural changes, letters of more and more people to take a picture began to continue growing literary influence. Literati paintings of famous castle poet Su Shih's time, the school had already appeared. Mongol Yuan Dynasty (1271-1368 AD) in the Imperial Palace (Imperial Palace) Figure Academy, an organization formally was no longer in the style of the court of the figure, due to the failure. At this point, the figure of the School of Literati enter the mainstream, Chinese painting circles leadership fell into the hands of the literati painters.

Literati generally prefer according to their passion, and without limitation, to paint, and fresh free restrained and elegant style of advocacy. One of people's favorite topics, rocks, clouds, mountains, water, flowers and trees, 4 "gentleman" (plum, orchid, bamboo and chrysanthemum), etc. are Natural objects following a tricky subject because less than the figure of the human figure, able to exploit the potential of the brush and ink painter free expression.

Chinese painting is "realistic" Whether it is frequently the subject of controversy. Some people might have thought it was impossible, but it tells only part of the story, answer these Chinese painting of realism in the paintings of the T'ang dynasty and sex has reached a climax. Recognized through the senses, sight, but rather the expression of a subjective kind of recognition or insight not reflect the purpose of the object, such as the presence of Chinese painting since, however, the kind of "realism" are seeking.

K'an T'u depicted in Effort era picture of people dressed in a particular place and time, For example, no longer representative of certain types of lighting cast a shadow not, and why, has no effect on a clear three-dimensional picture. Painters set a line on a piece of paper after he laundry technology to achieve that represents the power to express understanding of his own eternal nature of the typical "negative" and "amount" of the chiaroscuro effect of light and darkness, watercolor can be used.

 Theoretically no longer need to display front and behind the foreshortened square Seeder reflect the relative size of more distant objects, recognize the reduction, according to the goals and principles of perspective drawing. Images created by painters of the body of knowledge of the physical world K'an T'u the same, and the length of the front and rear edges of the actual Seeder Seeder includes a flat surface where you can enjoy the slides are displayed in length, however, the same is In another work, the authors Castle Age writer Liang K'ai some guy right in the street, but other - not reclusive world that wanted to depict "flash" immortal ink, so that way you'll have been inadequate to model the general human use is. Their intensity and unbridled brush strokes Wai in the figure, even strange, very unusual shape, it really provides the perfect background to set the attributes of a particular individual. This painting, traditional Chinese painting "freehand brushstroke" is representative of the school.

Rows as the basic components of Chinese painting and calligraphy from China. Because this sharing feature, these two arts very early time, from the start, has been the closest mutual relations. Popular that in the Yuan dynasty literati painting, calligraphy and reaffirmed in a more conscious effort to hit the links on a Chinese calligraphy, calligraphy actively fusion tend to lead and actively trendsetter fusion and the character of the people picture. In the figure, and the close relationship between poetry and paintings, was formed under the strong influence of literature. Scholar-telepathic bonaeeul led politicians and literati poetry and paintings, eventually spread to the Academy of the picture. When used to test the ink and paper written in verse made a world of magic and the ability to express angry sex Empror Hui Tsung are known.

Traditional Chinese painting still occupies an important place in the life of modern Chinese, many painters, but now want to express the experience of a new era. Combine traditional Chinese painting techniques and a new mode of expression, are opening a new world of artistic expression they vast