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Chinese art
Contents
Painting
Sculpture
Ceramics
Decorative arts
Architecture
Chinoiserie
History and development of Chinese art
Neolithic pottery
Jade culture
Bronze casting
Chu and Southern culture
Early Imperial China (221 BC–AD 220)
Qin art
Han art
Period of division (220–581)
Influence of Buddhism
Calligraphy
Painting
The Sui and Tang dynasties (581–960)
Buddhist architecture and sculpture
Painting
The Song and Yuan dynasties (960–1368)
Song painting
Yuan painting
Pottery
Late imperial China (1368–1911)
Ming painting
Early Qing painting
Late Qing Art
Shanghai School
New China art (1912–1949)
Modern Art Movement
Postwar Chinese Art (1949–1976)
The Mainland
The 17 Years
The Cultural Revolution
Taiwan
Fifth Moon Group五月畫會
Ton-Fan Art Group東方畫會
Hong Kong
Overseas
Paris
United States
Redevelopment (mid-1980s – 1990s)
Contemporary art
Visual art
Art market
Museums
See also
References
Additional sources
Further reading
External links

Content: After this early period Chinese art, like Chinese history, is typically classified by the succession of ruling dynasties of Chinese emperors, most of which lasted several hundred years. Chinese art has arguably the oldest continuous tradition in the world, and is marked by an unusual degree of continuity within, and consciousness of, that tradition, lacking an equivalent to the Western collapse and gradual recovery of classical styles. The media that have usually been classified in the West since the Renaissance as the decorative arts are extremely important in Chinese art, and much of the finest work was produced in large workshops or factories by essentially unknown artists, especially in Chinese ceramics . Much of the best work in ceramics, textiles, carved lacquer, and other techniques was produced over a long period by the various Imperial factories or workshops, which as well as being used by the court was distributed internally and abroad on a huge scale to demonstrate the wealth and power of the Emperors. In contrast, the tradition of ink wash painting, practiced mainly by scholar-officials and court painters especially of landscapes, flowers, and birds, developed aesthetic values depending on the individual imagination of and objective observation by the artist that are similar to those of the West, but long pre-dated their development there. After contacts with Western art became increasingly important from the 19th century onwards, in recent decades China has participated with increasing success in worldwide contemporary art . Contents
1 Painting
2 Sculpture
3 Ceramics
4 Decorative arts
5 Architecture
6 Chinoiserie
7 History and development of Chinese art
7.1 Neolithic pottery
7.2 Jade culture
7.3 Bronze casting
7.4 Chu and Southern culture
7.5 Early Imperial China (221 BC–AD 220)
7.5.1 Qin art
7.5.2 Han art
7.6 Period of division (220–581)
7.6.1 Influence of Buddhism
7.6.2 Calligraphy
7.6.3 Painting
7.7 The Sui and Tang dynasties (581–960)
7.7.1 Buddhist architecture and sculpture
7.7.2 Painting
7.8 The Song and Yuan dynasties (960–1368)
7.8.1 Song painting
7.8.2 Yuan painting
7.8.3 Pottery
7.9 Late imperial China (1368–1911)
7.9.1 Ming painting
7.9.2 Early Qing painting
7.9.3 Late Qing Art
7.9.4 Shanghai School
7.10 New China art (1912–1949)
7.10.1 Modern Art Movement[37][38]
7.11 Postwar Chinese Art (1949–1976)
7.11.1 The Mainland
7.11.1.1 The 17 Years
7.11.1.2 The Cultural Revolution
7.11.2 Taiwan
7.11.2.1 Fifth Moon Group五月畫會
7.11.2.2 Ton-Fan Art Group東方畫會
7.11.3 Hong Kong[39]
7.11.4 Overseas[40]
7.11.4.1 Paris[41]
7.11.4.2 United States
7.12 Redevelopment (mid-1980s – 1990s)
7.12.1 Contemporary art
7.12.2 Visual art
8 Art market
9 Museums
10 See also
11 References
12 Additional sources
13 Further reading
14 External links
Painting
Part of Eight Views of Xiaoxiang, an imaginary tour through Xiao-xiang by Li Shi ( 李氏 ); 12th-century; scroll, ink on paper; 30 × 400 cm;