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    EAST ASIAN ARTS

    PAINTINGS AND
    CALLIGRAPHY
    ARTS 8 – LESSON 2
    2ND QUARTER
    Did you know that painting
    started from prehistoric
    men?
    EARLY PAINTINGS
    Prehistoric Men
    Used:

    RED OCHRE BLACK PIGMENT


    EARLY PAINTINGS

    • Often showed hunting scenes of man chasing various


    animals.
    EARLY PAINTINGS

    • Were drawn on the walls of caves, blocks of stones


    etc.
    • Some are found in China.
    EASTERN PAINTINGS

    • The history of
    Eastern
    painting is as
    old as the
    civilization of
    China.

    “SPRING OUTING OF THE TANG COURT”


    What are the
    Painting Subjects
    of East Asian
    countries?
    JAPAN

    PAINTING SUBJECTS:
    • Scenes from
    everyday life.
    • Narrative scenes
    crowded with figures
    and details.
    CHINA
    PAINTING SUBJECTS:
    • Flowers and birds
    landscapes
    • Palaces and temples
    • Human figures
    • Animals
    • Bamboos and stones
    KOREA PAINTING SUBJECTS:
    • Landscape paintings
    • Minhawa (the
    traditional folk painting
    • Four gracious plants
    (plum blossoms,
    orchids or wild orchids,
    chrysanthemums, and
    bamboo)
    • Bamboo
    • portraits
    Important Aspects in East Asian Painting
    Landscape painting.
    • Was regarded as the highest form of
    Chinese painting.
    Three concepts of Chinese arts:
    a. Heaven
    b. Earth
    c. Humankind (Yin – Yang)
    Light/Bright/Sun
    Strong/Assertive
    Dry/Hot/ Fire
    Male
    Positive Charge
    Heaven
    Dark/Moon Spring & Summer
    Recessive
    Nurturing
    Damp/Cool/Water
    Female
    Negative Charge
    Earth
    Autumn & Winter
    Important Aspects in East Asian Painting
    • Silk was often used as the medium
    to paint upon but it was quite
    expensive.
    • Cai Lun invented paper in the 1st
    century A.D.
    • The invention of paper provided not only a cheap and
    widespread medium for writing, but painting became more
    economical.
    Toah Shutou
    Korea
    Sansui-
    zu
    Sesshu
    (Winter
    Landscape Japan)
    Important Aspects in East Asian Painting

    • The ideologies of Confucianism, Daoism


    and Buddhism played important roles in
    East Asian art.
    • Chinese art expresses the human
    understanding of the relationship between
    nature and humans.
    Shen Zhou (Poet on Mountain) China
    Important Aspects in East Asian Painting
    • The history of Korean painting dates to
    108 C.E., when it appears as an
    independent form.
    • It is said that until the Joseon Dynasty the
    primary influence of Korean paintings
    were Chinese paintings.
    • Mountains and water are important
    features in Korean landscape painting
    because it is a site for building temples
    Important Aspects in East Asian Painting

    Landscape painting
    • Represents both a portrayal of nature
    itself and a codified illustration of the
    human view of nature and the world.
    CALLIGRAPHY
    Painting is closely related to
    calligraphy among Chinese
    people. What is calligraphy?
    To the Chinese,
    Calligraphy is the
    art of beautiful
    handwriting.
    • In calligraphy,
    the popular
    materials which
    paintings made
    are paper and
    silk.
    • Poets write their
    calligraphy on
    their paintings.
    • Paintings can be
    mounted on
    scrolls, such as
    hanging or hand
    scrolls, album
    sheets, walls,
    lacquerware,
    folding screens
    and other
    • The earliest known Chinese logographs
    (ancient writing symbols) are engraved on
    the shoulder bone of large animals and on
    tortoise shells.
    • Jiaguwen (shell-and-bone script). The script
    found on these objects.
    • Cangjie – is the legendary inventor of Chinese
    writing.
    • Got his ideas from observing animals
    footprints and bird’s claw mark on the sand
    as well as other natural phenomena.
    EXAMPLE OF JAPANESE CHARACTERS
    EXAMPLE OF JAPANESE CHARACTERS
    EXAMPLE OF CHINESE CHARACTERS
    EXAMPLE OF CHINESE CHARACTERS
    FIN

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