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Arts Of China Flashcards

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Formally known as the “People’s Republic of China”

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China

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2
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Second largest country in terms of land mass

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China

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1.426 Billion (2023) Population

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China

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First invented Paper, Printing, Compass, Porcelain

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China

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5
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Is an ancient Chinese belief system which focuses on the importance of personal ethics and morality

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Confucianism

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Painters in ancient China were also government officials and scholars, called _________ who were all well respected

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Scholar Artists

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Symbolizes Heaven and “King of all colors in Ancient China”

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Black

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Symbolizes happiness, Wealth, and Joyous occasions

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Red

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Symbolizes brightness, purity, fullness, and mourn the dead

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White

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Symbolizes the earth, freedom from worries, emperor, royal palace, sad, center of all colors, and most attractive

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Yellow

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Symbolizes spring, vigor (strength), and vitality

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Green blue or Greenish blue

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12
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Believers hold that humans and animals are in balance in the universe

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Taoism

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13
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Symbolizes Immortality

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Peach

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14
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Symbolizes a happy marriage

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Pair of Birds in Water

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15
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Symbolizes the empress

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Phoenix

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16
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Symbolizes the emperor

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Dragon

17
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means “meticulous” is a painting technique that requires the artist to use very precise brushstrokes and ink of different colors to achieve a high level of detail, is for royal family

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Gongbi

18
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Ink wash painting invented by Wang Wei during the Tang dynasty, subjects are The Four Ones or The Four Gentlemen (bamboo, orchid, plum blossom, Chrysanthemum)
(The Four seasons and the Confucian Ideals)

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Shui Mo Hua

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The Four Ones or the Four Gentlemen

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Bamboo, Orchid, Plum Blossom, Chrysanthemum

20
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Represents summer in the four seasons

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Bamboo

21
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Represents spring in the Four seasons

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Orchid

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Represents winter in the Four seasons

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Plum Blossom

23
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Represents Autumn in the Four seasons

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Chrysanthemum

24
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Four Arts that was required for the scholars to learn and practice

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Chinese Brush Painting (hua), Chinese Calligraphy (shu), Strategy Game Go (qi), Stringed Instrument Guqin (qin)

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Is Believed to be the greatest form of Chinese Painting, produces images of landscape in varying shades of black to grey

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Landscape Painting

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Two Classical Styles of Landscape Painting

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Northern Style and Southern Style

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Strong black lines, mountains, rocks

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Northern Style

28
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Softer hills, rivers, serene and calm scenes, mountains

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Southern Style

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Written in a pleasing and aesthetic manner, high form of art, is highly respected by Chinese Scholars and considered as a highest form of art

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Chinese Calligraphy (Shufa)

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