<P> 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 . </P>
<P> 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 . </P>
around what time period did western art begin to influence chinese art
around what time period did western art begin to influence chinese art
the 19th century
the 19th century