Title: Chinese painting - Wikipedia
Headings: Chinese painting
Chinese painting
Contents
Specifics and study
Early periods
Six principles
Sui, Tang and Five dynasties (581–979)
Song, Liao, Jin and Yuan dynasties (907–1368)
Late imperial China (1368–1895)
Modern painting
Since 1978
Iconography in Chinese painting
Water Mill
Image as Word: Rebus
The Donkey Rider
Realm of the Immortals
Images of women
Landscape Painting
Paradigm Shift in Chinese Landscape Representation
Buddhist and Taoist influences on Chinese Landscape painting
Early landscape painting
Dyads
Art as cartography
See also
Notes
References
Further reading
External links

Content: Rebus
7.3 The Donkey Rider
7.4 Realm of the Immortals
7.5 Images of women
8 Landscape Painting
8.1 Paradigm Shift in Chinese Landscape Representation
8.2 Buddhist and Taoist influences on Chinese Landscape painting
8.3 Early landscape painting
8.4 Dyads
9 Art as cartography
10 See also
11 Notes
12 References
13 Further reading
14 External links
Specifics and study
Chinese painting and calligraphy distinguish themselves from other cultures' arts by emphasis on motion and change with dynamic life. The practice is traditionally first learned by rote, in which the master shows the "right way" to draw items. The apprentice must copy these items strictly and continuously until the movements become instinctive. In contemporary times, debate emerged on the limits of this copyist tradition within modern art scenes where innovation is the rule. Changing lifestyles, tools, and colors are also influencing new waves of masters. Early periods
Painting from the Eastern Han dynasty (25–220 CE), Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Animalistic guardian spirits of midnight and morning wearing Chinese robes, Han dynasty (202 BCE – 220 CE) on ceramic tile
The earliest paintings were not representational but ornamental; they consisted of patterns or designs rather than pictures. Early pottery was painted with spirals, zigzags, dots, or animals. It was only during the Eastern Zhou (770–256 BC) that artists began to represent the world around them. In imperial times (beginning with the Eastern Jin dynasty ), painting and calligraphy in China were among the most highly appreciated arts in the court and they were often practiced by amateurs—aristocrats and scholar-officials—who had the leisure time necessary to perfect the technique and sensibility necessary for great brushwork.