2. History of Chinese art
is art that, whether ancient or modern,
originated in China or by Chinese artists.
Early so-called "stone age art" dates back
to 10,000 BC, mostly consisting of simple
pottery and sculptures.
This early period was followed by a series
of art dynasties, most of which lasted
several hundred years.
4. QIN
QIN
DYNASTY
DYNASTY
The Terracotta Army, inside the
Mausoleum of the First Qin Emperor.
Consists of more than 7,000 life-size
tomb terra-cotta figures of warriors and
horses buried with the self-proclaimed
first Emperor of Qin (Qin Shi Huang) in
210–209 BC.
5. Qin sculpture Crossbow men from
Crossbow men from
the
the
Terracotta Army
Terracotta Army
12. A gilded bronze lamp with a shutter,
in the shape of a maidservant, from
the Western Han Dynasty, 2nd
century BC
13. Calligraphy
Calligraphy
In ancient China, paiting and calligraphy
were the most highly appreciated arts.
The implements were the brush pen,
made of animal hair, and black inks,
made from pine soot and animal glue.
14. Artiste
/ Tokoh
Wang Xi Zhi
a famous Chinese
calligrapher who lived in
the 4th century AD. His
most famous work is the
Lanting Xu and others.
15. The Art Is in the Detail
By HOLLAND COTTER
From his terrace, the
world is blue and green
— mountains and trees
— or almost green.
Spring is on the way; the
geese are back. One,
then two, alight on the
river, with more still
invisible but close
behind. Pavilion living!
The only way. With the
city somewhere down
there, and nature
everywhere up here, he
watches mist rise. River
meets sky.
17. WEI SHUO
a well-known calligrapher of Eastern
Jin Dynasty.
Her well-known works include
Famous Concubine Inscription ( 名姬
帖 Ming Ji Tie) and The Inscription of
Wei-shi He'nan ( 衛氏和南帖 Wei-shi
He'nan Tie).
19. Gu Kaizhi
is a celebrated painter of ancient China born in
Wuxi.
He wrote three books about painting theory:
On Painting ( 画论 ),
Introduction of Famous Paintings of Wei and
Jin Dynasties ( 魏晋胜流画赞 )
Painting Yuntai Mountain ( 画云台山记 ).
He wrote, "In figure paintings the clothes and the
appearances were not very important. The eyes
were the spirit and the decisive factor."
20. Three of Gu's paintings still survive today. They are
"Admonitions of the Instructress to the Court
Ladies", "Nymph of the Luo River" ( 洛神赋 ), and
"Wise and Benevolent Women".
21. Painting by Dong Yuan
(c. 934–962).
Dong Yuan was an active
painter in the Southern Tang
Kingdom.
Hewas known for both figure
and landscape paintings.
24. A Chinese Tang Dynasty tri-
color glazed porcelain horse
(ca. 700 CE), using yellow,
green and white colors.
25. Li Bai and
Li Bai and
Du Fu both
Du Fu both
lived during the
lived during the
Tang Dynasty.
Tang Dynasty.
They are
They are
regarded by
regarded by
many as the
many as the
greatest of the
greatest of the
Chinese poets.
Chinese poets.
26. Seven Sages of
the Bamboo
Grove, an
Eastern Jin
tomb painting
from Nanjing,
now located in
the Shaanxi
Provincial
Museum.
28. New China art
The most popular form of comics
Lianhuanhua which circulated as palm
sized books in Shanghai, Guangzhou,
Wuhan and Northern China.
It became one of the most affordable
form of entertainment art. The famous
Sanmao character would also be born at
this time.
29. Comics
Sanmao, one of the most well-known
comic book characters in China
30. Redevelopment
(Mid-1980s - 1990s) Contemporary Art
Execution by Yue Minjun, the most expensive
Chinese contemporary art sold in 2007, for a value
of US $5.9 million (or Euro €4.2 million, British
pound £2.9 million)
31. CONCLUSION
From the history art of chinese,we know that
the chinese art is highly appreciated and
practised by chinese nowadays especially the
calligraphy and panting.
Besides that, fengshui such as mountain
water( shansui ) “Yin Yang” already exist since
900BC – present.
We can see the treasure of valuable Chinese
art which had been keep in museum such as
Terracota army during first Emperor of Qin
(Qin Shi Huang) in 210–209 BC. From that ,we
know that sculpture already been practised
since the Qin dynasty.
32. From the development of century, Chinese
art become more advance and improve in
everypart such as colours,techniques and
others.
During the dynasty of the emperors, onlythe
upper level people will afford to own the
paintings. Nowadays, all the citizen can
afford to own these.Most of the paintings are
regarding to Fengshui, culture, gods and
traditional cultures.
We can see the carving, monument, mural
and sculphure in Chinese temple.Besides
that, Chinese had used for decoration
especially the painting and furniture.
