002: arts / japanese & chinese painting Flashcards
Chinese considered painting to be
the only fine art
Classified as crafts to the Chinese
Architecture and sculpture
Main kinds of Chinese painting
frescoes and painting on wood panels
Done first on silk, and later on rice paper
Watercolor painting and ink drawings
Put on display for special occasions and afterwards rolled up and stored in a wooden box
Vertical wall scroll
Long strip of paper is gradually rolled off one wooden roller on to another to reveal only a small section of the work at a time
Horizontal hand scroll
Preferred artistic expression in Japan; practiced by both professionals and amateurs
Painting
Japanese wrote with a ____ than a pen
brush
Japanese painting reflected a
refined and serene dignity
Not valued for its simplicity but also its colorful exuberance; considerably influenced 19-Century Western painting
Japanese art