Mainly form of Chinese art Commonly called as “Danqing” in ancient time Created in accordance with ◦ The unique Chinese aesthetic trend ◦ Artistic technique Presenter:Lawrence Chinese painting mainly refers to paintings: ◦ on silk or Chinese rice paper also called xuan paper ◦ With ink and color ◦ Mounted on scroll Aim at imaging the life phenomena of thought, emotion, interest, charm and so on Rather than reappearance of natural objects’ figures Involves or depicts scenery or natural landscape Mountains, rivers and waterfalls are prominent When Chinese painter work on landscape painting Western painting: ◦ emphasizes “reality” ◦ What you paint is what you see Chinese painting is Even though we can’t draw It is worth Knowing Trying to enjoy Four treasures of the study: ◦ Brush Ink Stone Chinese Ink Xuan Paper Figure painting Flower-and-bird painting Landscape painting Over conveying spirit through form Expressing inward world by portraying appearance Don’t try to present an image of what they have thought about nature what they have seen in the nature The basic difference: Chinese painting: ◦ emphasizes “charm” called “Shen Yun”in Chinese ◦ contains the painter’s thought, mion proposing the opinion On Chinese figure painting Gu Kaizhi Eastern Jin Dynasty A brand concept ◦ Animals such as livestock, beast, insect and fish ◦ Plants such as vegetable and fruit