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Though the pioneer of Chinese court lady paintings was Mao Yanshou from the Han dynasty, the Tang dynasty court painters gave their works a unique look fusing Central Plain art with influences from Central Asia, Near East and other regions, reconceptualizing female beauty that went beyond canvases, to tomb murals, poems, and statuettes.
Chinese art : a guide to motifs and visual imagery. Boston, US: Tuttle Publishing. ISBN 978-1-4629-0689-5. OCLC 893707208. Williams, Charles (2006). Chinese symbolism and art motifs : a comprehensive handbook on symbolism in Chinese art through the ages. New York: Tuttle Pub. ISBN 978-1-4629-0314-6. OCLC 782879753
Yun Bing (Chinese: 惲冰, dates unknown), courtesy names Qingyu (Chinese: 清於) and Haoru (Chinese: 浩如), was a Chinese painter during the Qianlong era. She is well known for her bird-and-flower paintings executing the "boneless" technique, and became the most famed of the Yun family's female artists.
Chinese art is visual art that originated in or is practiced in China, Greater China or by Chinese artists. Art created by Chinese residing outside of China can also be considered a part of Chinese art when it is based on or draws on Chinese culture , heritage, and history.
The Great Wall of China has inspired countless works of art in its more than 2,000-year history. Among the most famous is “The Great Wall Walk,” a dramatic 90-day performance that saw lovers ...
They are commonly depicted in bird-and-flower paintings, a broad category of classical Chinese art, and they are particularly popular subjects for ink wash painting. The Four Gentlemen are a recurring theme in art because of their long history as symbols of traditional Chinese virtues , such as uprightness, purity, humility, and perseverance ...
The genre of "flowers and birds" held a significant position in Ming academic art. Similar to the Song models, the court painters of this genre divided into two directions. One direction was the dynamic ink painting of Lin Liang, who was active in the second half of the 15th century and drew inspiration from the work of Xu Xi from the 10th century.
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