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Jun 24, 2014 · By starting with these five famous works of Chinese art on Artsy, we’ll traverse two thousand years of art history from the Han Dynasty to the present. Contrary to the expectation that you have to be an expert to appreciate Chinese art, these five works can captivate an audience of any background.
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Feb 14, 2018 · The collection includes more than 400 works by about 50 artists, from famous masters as well as young break-through artists. The museum itself is a work of art, with the galleries following a gentle curving path that encourages visitors to appreciate each individual painting.
- The Nymph of The Luo River – Gu Kaizhi
- Emperor Taizong Receiving The Tibetan Envoy – Yan Liben
- Court Ladies Adorning Their Hair with Flowers – Zhou Fang
- Five Oxen – Han Huang
- The Night Revels of Han Xizai – Gu Hongzhong
- A Thousand li of Rivers and Mountains – Wang Ximeng
- Along The River During The Qingming Festival – Zhang Zeduan
- Dwelling in The Fuchun Mountains – Huang Gongwang
- Spring Dawn in The Han Palace – Qiu Ying
- One Hundred Horses – Giuseppe Castiglione
The legend has it that Cao Zhi (192-232), a prince of the state of Cao Wei, fell in love with the magistrate’s daughter. However, she married his brother, Cao Pi, and the prince became dejected. Later, he composed an emotional poem about the love between a goddess and a mortal. In the 4th century, Gu Kaizhi (ca. 344-ca. 406), a Chinese artist, was ...
In the 7th century, Tibet admired the Tang dynasty of China. In 634, on an official state visit to China, Tibetan King Songtsen Gampo (569-ca. 649) fell in love with and pursued Princess Wencheng’s hand. He sent envoys and tributes to China but was refused. Consequently, Gampo’s army marched into China, burning cities until they reached Luoyang, wh...
During the Tang dynasty (618–907), China had a prosperous economy and flourishing culture. In this period, the genre of “beautiful women painting” enjoyed popularity. Coming from a noble background, Zhou Fang (ca. 730–800), a Chinese artist, created artworks in this genre. His painting Court Ladies Adorning Their Hair with Flowersillustrates the id...
Han Huang (723–787), a chancellor of the Tang dynasty (618–907), painted his Five Oxen in different shapes from right to left. They stand in line and appear happy or depressed. We can treat each image as an independent painting. However, the oxen form a unified whole. Han Huang carefully observed the details. For example, horns, eyes, and expressio...
Suppose that you are Emperor Li Yu (ca. 937–978), but your official, Han Xizai, misses morning audiences with you and refuses to become prime minister. What would you do? You would try to find out what is going on, right? That is precisely what Li Yu did. To check what Han Xizai was doing at home, Li Yu sent Gu Hongzhong (937–975), a court painter....
Not only did officials and scholars revel in listening to music but they also found pleasure in depicting nature. One such painter was Wang Ximeng (1096–1119). He was a prodigy and Emperor Huizong of Song supposedly taught the artist. Wang Ximeng painted A Thousand Li of Rivers and Mountainswhen he was only 17 years old in 1113. He died several yea...
Another artist, Zhang Zeduan (1085–1145) also depicted the landscape in his work Along the River During the Qingming Festival. However, instead of concentrating on the vastness of nature, he captured the daily life of the people of Bianjing, present-day Kaifeng. His work reveals much about life in China during the 11-12th century. For example, it d...
Huang Gongwang (1269–1354) was only 10 years old when the Song Dynasty fell to the Yuan Dynasty. Therefore, many painters openly opposed official tendencies in art. They did not want to live in the capital and work at the Mongolian court. In their paintings, these artists turned to the themes developed in the Song dynasty, such as retreat into natu...
Qiu Ying (ca. 1494 – ca. 1552) (pronounced Ch’iu Ying) was born to a peasant family in Taicang. After moving to Suzhou, he became an apprentice to a lacquer artisan. Despite his family’s humble origins, he had a talent for painting. He worked in the gongbistyle, a careful realist technique in Chinese painting. It uses brushstrokes that outline deta...
Another famous artwork is Giuseppe Castiglione’s One Hundred Horses. Castiglione (1688–1766) was a European artist who adapted his technique to Chinese aesthetics and served three Chinese emperors as court painter. The artist was born in Milan and learned to paint under the guidance of a master. When he was 19 years old, he entered the Society of J...
- Chiba City and Makuhari Area 1. Mihama Ohashi. Located in Mihama-ku in Chiba City, Mihama Ohashi (Mihama Bridge) is a popular dating spot where you can see the industrial complex of Ichihara City, the Aqua-Line Gate Bridge, and other spots when you look toward Tokyo Bay.
- Maihama & Funabashi Area 1. Tokyo Disney Resort. Located in Urayasu City’s Maihama area, Tokyo Disney Resort is a theme park that is comprised of Disneyland and DisneySea.
- Choshi Area 1. Inubosaki Todai. Inubosaki Todai is a white lighthouse that has been chosen as one of the 100 best lighthouses in the world. The scene showing the numerous strangely shaped rocks and massive rock formations, and the image of waves hitting the rocks to produce sea spray has been used in films!
- Kujukuri Area 1. Kujukuri Hama. Kujukuri Hama has become the talk of town lately after it was discovered that there is graffiti of the "Girl with Balloon" by the anonymous artist Banksy on the seawall of Katagai Fishing Port!
- 京剧 (jīng jù) - Peking Opera. Praised as one of the national treasures of China, Peking opera 京剧 (jīng jù) combines skillful singing, graceful acrobatics, elaborate colorful costumes, and soulful storytelling to create a stage experience unlike any other.
- 古筝 (gǔ zhēng) - Chinese Zither. Picture a rectangular shaped harp, made of wood, and laid flat instead of standing up - that is the easiest (and oversimplified) way to describe the Chinese zither.
- 皮影戏 (pí yǐng xì) - Shadow Puppet Shows. Chinese shadow puppet shows 皮影戏 (pí yǐng xì) date back to the Han Dynasty, when the emperor popularized these shows at court.
- 书法 (shū fǎ) - Chinese Calligraphy. Traditional Chinese calligraphy 书法 (shū fǎ) is very different from the calligraphy you see on wedding invitations. To start, the writing tools are different.
Oct 14, 2020 · 1. Ding Yi. Based in Shanghai, Ding Yi is best known for his meticulous geometric paintings. These paintings, mechanical and minimal in appearance, call to mind the rapid industrialization of China and the proliferation of mass production.
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Early forms of art in China are found in the Neolithic Yangshao culture, which dates back to the 6th millennium BC. Archeological findings such as those at the Banpo have revealed that the Yangshao made pottery; early ceramics were unpainted and most often cord-marked.
