Title: Chinese Painting: Characteristics, Types, History
Headings: Chinese Painting (from c.200 BCE)
Characteristics and Aesthetics

Chinese Painting (from c.200 BCE)
Characteristics and Aesthetics
Content: Notice the introduction of
linear perspective. Modern: Zhang Xiaogang - one of China's
contemporary painters and a leader
of the Cynical Realism movement -
at work in his Beijing studio (1992). HISTORY OF ART
For important dates, see: History of Art Timeline. For specific art movements,
see: History of Art. Introduction
Chinese art has a strong tradition of painting and the associated art of calligraphy. One of the earliest forms was the painting of Chinese pottery, as exemplified by the so-called Painted Pottery cultures during the era of Neolithic art, the last phase of the Stone Age. For details, see, for instance, Neolithic Art in China (c.7500-2000 BCE), as well as the Bronze Age period exemplified by Shang Dynasty Art (c.1600-1000 BCE) and Zhou Dynasty Art (1050-221 BCE), whose traditions and practices were handed on to Qin Dynasty Art (221-206 BCE) and Han Dynasty Art (206 BCE - 220 CE), which witnessed the first examples of Chinese porcelain, around 100 CE.