ARTS

THE UNIQUE FEATURES OF ASIAN VISUAL ARTS AND CULTURE

SYMBOLIC OF THE IDEAS TO WHICH THEY CORRESPOND

Identify the following. Mountains

____________1. the emperor, eternity, royalty Sheep
____________2. strength, military prowess, power, energy Boar
____________3. evil spirits that disturb different bodies of water Dog
____________4. the empress, beauty, goodness Flames
____________5. benevolence and good omen Rooster
____________6. honor, success in studies Snake
____________7. CAT- protector of silkworms and form evil spirits Cricket
____________8. longevity and endurance Rabbit
____________9. courage Cat
____________10. evil, supernatural powers Deer
____________11. warmth, life of the universe Unicorn
____________12. spirit of fire, heat Phoenix
____________13. future prosperity Ox
____________14. wealth of the forest Tiger
____________15. sacrifice, familial piety dragon
____________16. place of worship

Identify the following.

_____________________1. the first to fashion and use glaze pottery

_____________________2. Chinese artisans mastered the art of creating porcelain

_____________________3. is a fine-grained, high quality form of pottery made from white clay know as KAOLIN

_____________________4. white clay, this clay is relatively rare and can only be found in some parts of CHINA,
EUROPE, ENGLAND and NORTH AMERICA.

_____________________5. - Chinese artisans further developed the art of creating porcelain adding a stunning cobalt
blue glaze. It was one of the major feats in the development of Chinese porcelain.

_____________________6. calligraphy- literally means “good writing”, is a form of self- cultivation and self-expression,
highest form of visual art.

_____________________7. are a reflection of the principles and ideas of Taoism.

_____________________8. is considered not just the “Great Age of Chinese Landscape” but also the “Golden Era of
Chinese Painting”
_____________________9. are intended to be viewed starting from right end, on a flat surface, unrolling it section by
section as if you are also traveling in time and space.

____________________10. - also known as SHUI-MO-HUA, is a type of brush painting of Chinese origin.. It makes use of
the same black ink used in calligraphy.

____________________11. one of the major types of painting, highly detailed and precise style that is often with color
and bore figures and a narrative.

____________________12. refers to a point at which receding parallel lines seem to meet.

____________________13. considered one of the significant elements of the world’s architectural system, stresses the
visual impact of the width or the horizontality of the buildings.

____________________14. is not applied to Chinese pagodas

____________________15. were commonly fashioned and constructed from octagonal bricks and usually had three,
five, seven, nine or thirteen stories since even numbers were considered unlucky.

____________________16. one of the most prominent pagoda, is ornamented with three-colored porcelain and a large
ball transcending the roof.

____________________17. one of the most amazing feats of Chinese civilization , considered the longest pre-modern
architectural structure, longest cemetery in the world

____________________18. life-sized clay statue of a Chinese soldier

____________________19. one of the greatest archaeological sites in the world, and the most significant archaeological
discovery of the 20th century

Qin Tomb Warriors and Horses Ancient Chinese architecture landscape paintings Chinese

Terracota Army Vanishing Point calligraphy

Great Wall of China Gong-bi MING DYNASTY

Porcelain Pagoda Ink-wash Painting KAOLIN

Pagodas Chinese Scrolls Porcelain-

Horizontal Emphasis The Song Dynasty Tang Dynasty-

Enumerate:

Common objects in Asian Arts

Artists who valued landscape paintings who believed that the value of landscaping painting is based on its capacity to
make viewers feel as if they were really in the place pictured.

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Label the Chinese calligraphy correctly.