Title: History of Asian art - Wikipedia
Headings: History of Asian art
History of Asian art
Contents
Central Asian art
Nomadic folk art
Music and musical instrument
The revival of Central Asian art
East Asian art
Chinese art
Chinese painting and calligraphy art
Chinese painting
Chinese Calligraphy
Ancient Chinese crafts
Jade
Porcelain
Modern Chinese art
Tibetan art
Japanese art
Korean art
South Asian art
Buddhist art
Bhutanese art
Indian art
Nepalese art
Southeast Asian art
Cambodian art
Visual arts of Cambodia
Indonesian art
Balinese art
Laotian art
Thai art
Vietnamese art
Vietnamese calligraphy
Filipino art
West Asian/Near Eastern art
Art of Mesopotamia
Art of Israel and the Jewish diaspora
Islamic art
Iranian art
Arab art
Gallery of art in Asia
See also
Specific topics in Asian art
General art topics
Oceania
Australia
New Zealand
The Pacific Islands
References
Further reading
External links

Content: Chinese art encompasses fine arts, folk arts and performance arts. Chinese art is art, whether modern or ancient, that originated in or is practiced in China or by Chinese artists or performers. In the Song Dynasty, poetry was marked by a lyric poetry known as Ci (詞) which expressed feelings of desire, often in an adopted persona. Also in the Song dynasty, paintings of more subtle expression of landscapes appeared, with blurred outlines and mountain contours which conveyed distance through an impressionistic treatment of natural phenomena. It was during this period that in painting, emphasis was placed on spiritual rather than emotional elements, as in the previous period. Kunqu, the oldest extant form of Chinese opera developed during the Song Dynasty in Kunshan, near present-day Shanghai. In the Yuan dynasty, painting by the Chinese painter Zhao Mengfu (趙孟頫) greatly influenced later Chinese landscape painting, and the Yuan dynasty opera became a variant of Chinese opera which continues today as Cantonese opera . Chinese painting and calligraphy art
Chinese painting
Gongbi and Xieyi are two painting styles in Chinese painting. Gongbi means "meticulous", the rich colours and details in the picture are its main features, its content mainly depicts portraits or narratives. Xieyi means 'freehand', its form is often exaggerated and unreal, with an emphasis on the author's emotional expression and usually used in depicting landscapes.