Presentation Chinese Painting and Calligraphy
History of art Presentation
Chinese painting and calligraphy * Introduction: Chinese art
So, my topic is Chinese painting and calligraphy. Since the topic is extremely large, I have chosen to focus on the evolution of both disciplines from their origins to the 13th century (the dates for this semester). But in this chronological presentation, I would like to emphasize also on the main principles, techniques, and methods.
My purpose here is to show you how Chinese painting and calligraphy, despite their evolution through the time are closely linked and are central for Chinese art.
Political evolution: the main Dynasties
Just to remind you, there is a succession of dynasties: that’s the simplification here (The PP is on Webct if you are interested).
Characteristics themes and symbols in chinese art
All traditional Chinese art is symbolic and reflects some aspect of a totality of which the painter is intuitively aware. And the “artist” (the word must be understood carefully especially for Chinese art because differentiation between professional painters and amateurs that are the elite) expresses the inner character of things rather than just his appearance.
I made a list of symbols with various possible meanings.
Calligraphy
Calligraphy in Chinese art and society The Chinese name for calligraphy is Shufa that means “method of writing”. Actually, it’s different from writing as communication because it supposes a technique and a specific approach. It expresses something more profound –that is the inner state of the calligrapher. It is considered as a spiritual discipline practiced by educated elite, called Literati. It developed mainly after the Han dynasty. Calligraphy has been considered supreme among the visual arts in China.
The discipline sets the standard by which Chinese painting is judged so the two arts are closely related.
Main characteristics
The early Chinese written words were simplified pictorial images,
Chinese painting and calligraphy * Introduction: Chinese art
So, my topic is Chinese painting and calligraphy. Since the topic is extremely large, I have chosen to focus on the evolution of both disciplines from their origins to the 13th century (the dates for this semester). But in this chronological presentation, I would like to emphasize also on the main principles, techniques, and methods.
My purpose here is to show you how Chinese painting and calligraphy, despite their evolution through the time are closely linked and are central for Chinese art.
Political evolution: the main Dynasties
Just to remind you, there is a succession of dynasties: that’s the simplification here (The PP is on Webct if you are interested).
Characteristics themes and symbols in chinese art
All traditional Chinese art is symbolic and reflects some aspect of a totality of which the painter is intuitively aware. And the “artist” (the word must be understood carefully especially for Chinese art because differentiation between professional painters and amateurs that are the elite) expresses the inner character of things rather than just his appearance.
I made a list of symbols with various possible meanings.
Calligraphy
Calligraphy in Chinese art and society The Chinese name for calligraphy is Shufa that means “method of writing”. Actually, it’s different from writing as communication because it supposes a technique and a specific approach. It expresses something more profound –that is the inner state of the calligrapher. It is considered as a spiritual discipline practiced by educated elite, called Literati. It developed mainly after the Han dynasty. Calligraphy has been considered supreme among the visual arts in China.
The discipline sets the standard by which Chinese painting is judged so the two arts are closely related.
Main characteristics
The early Chinese written words were simplified pictorial images,