Title: China - Visual arts | Britannica
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Visual arts
Learn about Chinese art including their sculptures during the Han dynasty
Performing arts

Content: Painting has undergone numerous style changes since the beginning of the 20th century. Before 1949, painters such as Qi Baishi (1863–1957) developed distinct new styles that internationalized traditional Chinese aesthetics. After 1949, pressure for a form of socialist realism made painters shift their focus to such subjects as factory scenes, peasant villages, and convoys of tour buses. But, with the liberalization of the arts that followed Mao’s death in 1976, more-traditional values reasserted themselves. Qi Baishi: A Branch of Persimmon and a Butterfly
A Branch of Persimmon and a Butterfly, ink and paint on paper by Qi Baishi, c. 1930; in the National Gallery in Prague, Czech Republic. 34.5 × 34.5 cm. Werner Forman Archive/Heritages-Images
Sculpture and carving date to the Zhou dynasty or earlier. Tombs frequently contained burial dolls, said to have been made to replace live sacrificial victims, and many early jade carvings are related to burial practices and include body orifice stoppers and bangle bracelets.