ARTS OF CHINA
- Includes performing arts, sculpture, paintings, and
even cave drawings.
- It is a Visual Art that originated in or practiced by
Chinese artists.
Chinese Calligraphy
- Highest and purest form of painting.
- Brush pen made of animal hair, black inks made
of pine soot and animal glue.
- First, written on silk before the cheaper paper.
Chinese Painting
- One of the oldest continuous artistic traditions in
the world.
- TANG DYNASTY (618-907), subject matter was
the landscape known as shan shui (mountain
water) painting. Chinese painting depicts the
rhythm of nature.
Chinese Pottery
- Porcelain made from a hard paste made of clay
kaolin and feldspar called petuntse, which
cements the vessel and seals any pores.
- City of Jingdezhen in China’s Jiangxi province.
- Porcelain production in China starts since the
early HAN DYNASTY.
- Neolithic Yangshao’s Pottery, early form of art
in China discovered which back to the 6th
millennium BCE.
- Most distinctive feature of Yangshao culture –
extensive use of pottery, esp. human facial,
animal, and geometric designs.
Chinese Jade
- Jade is a green stone that cannot be carved.
- The Liangzhu Culture was the last Neolithic Jade
culture in the Yangtze River Delta and was
spaced over a period of about 1,300 years.
- The Liangzhu Jade has a white bone-like aspect
due to its Tremolite rock and influence of water-
based fluids at the burial sites.
Chinese Weaving
- Chinese Embroidery plays an important role in
the history of Chinese arts and crafts. Silkworm
raising and silk reeling and weaving promote the
development of Chinese Embroidery.
4 Famous Chinese Embroideries
a. XIANG EMBROIDERY in Central China’s
Hunan Province.
b. SHU EMBROIDERY in Western China’s
Sichuan Province.
c. YUE EMBROIDERY in Southern China’s
Guangdong Province.
d. SU EMBROIDERY in Eastern China’s Jiangsu
Province.
Chinese Architectures
- TANG DYNASTY had major influence to
architectural styles of Korea, Vietnam, and
Japan.
- THE PORCELAIN TOWER (Porcelain Pagoda) of
Nanjing also known as Bao’ensi (Temple of
Gratitude), a historical site located on the south
bank of the Yangtze in Nanjing, China.
Constructed in the 15th century and destroyed in
the 19th century during the course of Taiping
rebellion.
a. GREAT WALL OF CHINA, Most Famous
Architecture of China. It stands as a
monument not only to the technological
achievement of Chinese civilization but also
to both the tremendous cost of human
conflict that motivated such investment in
defense.
b. FORBIDDEN CITY, Most Under-Appreciated
structure of China. Established as the main
capital by the Bing Emperors during the early
15th century.
ARTS OF JAPAN
- Covers a wide range of art styles and media,
including ancient pottery, sculpture in wood and
bronze, ink painting on silk and paper, and more
recently, manga and cartoon.
- 10th millennium BC to the present.
- Bell-shaped bronzes known as DOTAKU, which
derived from Korean musical instrument.
- This period saw major developments in yama-to-
se or the secular Japanese-style painting, most
notably EMAKI (illustrated scrolls).
- UKIYO-E (woodblock prints of everyday life)
characterized by colorful prints of actors and
beautiful women.
- Japan’s new style of painting, Western-style
painting YOGA, mainly in oils, in addition to
influencing the time-honored Japanese style of
painting NIHONGA.
- MANGA first drawn in Meiji period influenced
greatly by English and French political cartoon.
JOGE-E (reversible image) type of manga in Meiji
era which no longer in modern Japan.
- JOKO SHINKO (Pure Land Buddhism) greatly
affected the Japanese painting after the 10th
century.
- YAMATO-E replaced the Chinese painting in the
middle of Heian period. It can be found on sliding
and folding screen and it shows or depicts the
Kyoto scenery.
Contemporary Art in Japan
- Modern art includes advertisements, anime,
video games and architecture and the like.
Japanese Pottery
- Records distinguish potter names and some
were artists-potters.
- Influence by China and Korea.
Japanese Weaving
- Silk may be best known Japanese textile because
of its luxurious KIMONOS.
Japanese Sewing and Weaving Techniques
a. SHASIKO – hand sewing that uses simple
running stitch.
b. ZANSHI WEAVING (zanshi orimono) –
“vestige or leftover”.
c. SAKIORI WEAVING – method of looming
together strips of old cloth.
d. FARMERS CLOTHING (nogari) JACKETS,
VESTS AND MONPE PANTS – farm women
spun and loomed cotton fabric for their
family clothing.
 Boro Futon Covers
a. BORO (tattered rags) – it revealed much
about the Japanese family’s living standards
and the nature of the economy of their time.
b. KAYA MOSQUITO NETTING – made from
hemp fibers for protection from ubiquitous
summer mosquito.
c. COTTON SAKABUKURO SAKE BAGS
d. KOMEBUKURO RICE BAGS
e. INDIGO DYE
f. KAKISHIBU – reddish-brown dye from
fermenting the juice of unripened green
persimmons.
g. KASURI FABRIC – it is an IKAT technique
that creates patterns (splash) and images (e-
gasuri).
h. KATAZOME – dyeing textile with a resistant
rice paste applied through a paper stencil
(katagami).
i. KATAGAMI – handmade katazome paper
stencil. KATA means pattern or template and
GAMI means represents paper. It was made
of WASHI – handmade traditional Japanese
paper.
j. TSUTSUGAKI – practice of drawing designs
with rice paste on cloth, dyeing the cloth,
and then washing the paste on cloth.
k. JAPANESE SARASA – originated in 16th
century and derived from the Portuguese
word for Colico (textile).
Traditional Symbols in Textiles
- TURLE and CRANE symbolize long life and good
luck.
- SEA BREAM FISH (tai) symbolizes happiness.
- CHRYSANTHEMUM FLOWER.
Japanese Calligraphy
- Artistic writing of Japanese Language.
- WANG XIZHI, most esteemed calligrapher in
Japan but a Chinese Calligrapher in the 4th
century.
Steps in Learning the Calligraphy
- KAISO – basic style.
- GYŌSHO – more cursive script, normal
handwriting strokes.
- SHŌSHO – most cursive script. Without lifting
the brush from the paper at all.
ARTS OF KOREA
- Like in China and Japan, Korean art is noted on
its artistic way.
Neolithic Art
- Earliest pottery style dated to circa 7,000 BCE
were flat-bottomed wares (yunggi-mun)
decorated with designs, lines, and other
expressions.
- JEULMUN-type pottery – cone-bottomed and
incised with a comb-pattern appearing circa
6,000 BCE and similar to Siberian style.
- MUMUN-type pottery – 2000 BCE, large,
undecorated pottery, mostly used for cooking
and storage.
Bronze-Aged Art
- KOKKOK – carved to imitate bear claws.
- X-ray style of Siberian art – rock drawings of
animals.
Iron-Aged Art
- Began around 300 BCE. Introduction of the
potter’s wheel and climbing kiln firing.
THREE KINGDOMS ART
a. GOGURYEO – UNESCO designated the Complex
of Goguryeo Tombs as a World Heritage Site
because of Goguryeo painting.
b. BAEKJE – Buddhist sculpture characterized by its
naturalness, warmness and harmonious
proportions of Korean style. Baekje Smile – a
mysterious archaic smile that is characteristic of
many Baekje statues.
c. SILLA – the silla craftsmen were famed for their
gold-crafting ability which have similarities to
Etruscan and Greek techniques, gold earrings
and crowns.
Korean Fabric Art
- It includes embroidery and screen works.
- NO REAL TRADITION of Korean carpets or rugs.
- Korean Paper Art includes handmade paper
(hanji).
Korean Painting
- It demands the understanding of Korean
Ceramics and Pottery.
- SUH YONGSUN, a contemporary artist who is
highly appreciated and elected as the “Korea’s
artist of the year 2009” makes paintings with
heavy brushstrokes and shows topic like Korean
History.
Korean Pottery
- Most famous and senior art in Korea.
3 Kingdoms in Korea (57 BC – 668 AD)
a. SILLA
b. GOGURYEO
c. BAEKJE
- They provided the beginning of Korean ceramic
history.
Korean Architecture
- Patterns often originated in early ideographs.
- Geometric Patterns, Patterns of Animals,
Plants, and Nature motifs are their 4 most basic
patterns. These patterns are found in doors of
temples and shrines, clothe, furniture, and daily
objects such as fans and spoons.
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