EAST ASIAN ARTS

PAINTING
*PAINTING STARTED FROM
PREHISTORIC MEN .
*USED RED OCHRE AND
BLACK PIGMENT.
* EARLY PAINTINGS
SHOWED HUNTING
SCENES OF MAN CHASING
VARIOUS ANIMALS.
*PREHISTORIC PAINTINGS
WERE DRAWN ON THE
WALLS OF CAVES OR
BLOCKS OF STONE.

*THE HISTORY OF PAINTING

IS AS OLD AS CHINESE
CIVILIZATION.
PA I N T I N G SU B JE C T S / T H E M E S

CHINA
FLOWERS AND BIRDS
LANDSCAPES
PALACES AND TEMPLES
HUMAN FIGURES
ANIMALS
BAMBOOS AND STONES
 JAPAN
SCENES FROM EVERYDAY LIFE

NARRATIVE SCENES
CROWDED WITH FIGURES AND
DETAILS
 SOUTH KOREA
1. LANDSCAPE PAINTINGS
2. MINHWA ( TRADITIONAL FOLK PAINTING)
3. FOUR GRACIOUS PLANTS
*PLUM BLOSSOMS
* ORCHIDS
*CHRYSANTHEMUMS
*BAMBOO
4. BAMBOO
5. PORTRAITS

NORTH KOREA
IMPORTANT ASPECTS IN
EAST ASIAN PAINTING

LANDSCAPE PAINTING
 HIGHEST FORM OF
CHINESE PAINTING
3 CONCEPTS OF ARTS

* HEAVEN
* EARTH
*HUMANKIND
 ORIENTAL ARTISTS
OFTEN CREATED
LANDSCAPES RATHER
THAN PAINTINGS WITH
HUMAN FIGURE AS
SUBJECTS
CAI LUN
 HAN COURT EUNUCH
 INVENTED PAPER
 CHINESE ART
EXPRESSES THE HUMAN
UNDERSTANDING OF
THE RELATIONSHIP
BETWEEN NATURE AND
HUMANS.
(METAPHYSICAL)
 6 PRINCIPLES OF CHINESE
PAINTING
( E S TA B L I S H E D BY XIE HE)

* OBSERVE RHYTHM AND MOVEMENTS

* L E AV E S PA C E S F O R T H E E Y E S T O R E S T
*USE BRUSH IN CALLIGRAPHY
* U SE C O L OR S C OR R E C T LY
*LIVE UP TO TRADITION BY COPYING THE
MASTER’S ARTWORK
*COPY THE CORRECT PROPORTION OF THE
O B J E C T S A N D N AT U R E .
 KOREAN PAINTING

 P R I M A RY I N F L U E N C E D B Y T H E
C H I N E S E PA I N T I N G U N T I L T H E
JOSEON DYNASTY

 M O U N TA I N S A N D WAT E R A R E
I M P O RTA N T F E AT U R E S .
 CHINESE PAINTING

CALLIGRAPHY
 T H E A RT O F B E A U T I F U L
HANDWRITING.
 DONE WITH A BRUSH DIPPED IN
BLACK OR COLORED INK.

*POETS WRITE THEIR CALLIGRAPHY

O N T H E I R PA I N T I N G S .
  CHINESE LOGOGRAPHS ARE
E N G R AV E D O N T H E S H O U L D E R B O N E S O F
LARGE ANIMALS AND ON TORTOISE
SHELLS.

LOGOGRAPHS
 ANCIENT WRITING SYMBOLS
JIAGUWEN
 SHELL-AND-BONE SCRIPT
CANGJIE
THE LEGENDARY INVENTOR OF
CHINESE WRITING
 aph
ogr
lo g
jiaguwen
CANGJIE
 CANGJIE GOT HIS IDEAS FROM
O B S E RV IN G AN I MA L S ’ F O O T P R IN T S A N D
B I R D S ’ C L AW M A R K S O N T H E S A N D A S
W E L L A S O T H E R N AT U R A L P H E N O M E N A .

H E T H E N S TA R T E D T O W O R K O U T S I M P L E
I M A G E S F R O M W H AT H E C O N C E I V E D A S
REPRESENTING DIFFERENT OBJECTS.
BRING OUT ¼ SHEET OF
PAPER
ANSWER THE
FOLLOWING:
 TRUE OR FALSE
1.PAINTING STARTED FROM PREHISTORIC
MEN.
2. EARLY PAINTINGS SHOWED HUNTING
SCENES OF MAN CHASING VARIOUS
ANIMALS.
3. PREHISTORIC PAINTINGS WERE DRAWN ON
THE WALLS OF CAVES OR BLOCKS OF
STONE.
4. THE HISTORY OF PAINTING IS AS OLD AS
KOREAN CIVILIZATION.
5. PORTRAIT PAINTING IS THE HIGHEST FORM
OF CHINESE PAINTING
6.CANGJIE GOT HIS IDEAS FROM
OBSERVING ANIMALS’ FOOTPRINTS AND
BIRDS’ CLAW MARKS ON THE SAND.

7. PICTOGRAPHS ARE CHINESE ANCIENT

WRITING SYMBOLS.

8.JIAGUWEN ARE SHELL-AND-BONE SCRIPT.

9.CAI LUN IS THE LEGENDARY INVENTOR OF

CHINESE WRITING.

10. CALLIGRAPHY IS THE ART OF

BEAUTIFUL HANDWRITING.
1. TRUE
2. TRUE
3. TRUE
4. FALSE ( C H I N E S E C I V I L I Z AT I O N )

5. FALSE ( L A N D S C A P E PA I N T I N G )
6. TRUE
7. FALSE (LOGOGRAPHS)
8. TRUE
9. FALSE (CANGJIE)
10. TRUE