ART IN ASIA:

CHINESE ART
JAPANESE ART
 OBJECTIVES:

 A. Identify key influence to Chinese art;

 B. Identify key characteristics of Japanese art;

 C. Compare and contrast Chinese and Japanese

artworks;
 CHINESE ART:

 Chinese art is visual art that, whether ancient or

modern, originated in or is practiced in China or
by Chinese artists. The Chinese art in the
Republic of China (Taiwan) and that of overseas
Chinese can also be considered part of Chinese
art where it is based in or draws on Chinese
heritage and Chinese culture.
 Key influence to Chinese art:

 Chinese art today is heavily influenced by

Western art and concepts, particularly ink and oil
paintings, and performance arts.
 Chinese painting is one of the oldest continuous
artistic traditions in the world. Painting in the
traditional style is known today in Chinese as guó
huà, meaning "national painting" or "native
painting", as opposed to Western styles of art
which became popular in China in the 20th
century. It is also called danqing.
River village – Chinese Ink painting
 JAPANESE ART:
 Japanese art covers a wide range of art styles and
media, including ancient pottery, sculpture, ink
painting and calligraphy on silk and paper, ukiyo-
e paintings and woodblock prints, ceramics,
origami, and more recently manga which is
modern Japanese cartoons and comics along with
a myriad of other types.
 Key characteristics of Japanese art:

 Japanese art within its diverse body of

expression, certain characteristics elements seem
to be recurrent adaptation of other cultures,
respect for nature as a model, humanization of
religious iconography, and appreciation for
material as a vehicle of meaning.
 The Great Wave off Kanagawa, also known as
The Great Wave or simply The Wave, is a
woodblock print by the Japanese ukiyo-e artist
Hokusai. It was published sometime between
1829 and 1833 in the late Edo period as the first
print in Hokusai's series Thirty-six Views of
Mount Fuji.
The Great Wave off Kanagawa by:
Hokusai
 Chinese and Japanese art are both influence by
Western art.

 Chinese art is complex and often highly

decorative, usually they use the color red and
yellow. While Japanese art tends toward austere
simplicity, less color and more nature.
 REPORTERS:

 LOPEZ, PATRICK PAULO

 LOZANO, ARVIN JAY
 MALLORCA, RUSHEL
 MANGACOY, SHANE AIZA
 MASAHOD, AI ZAHMIR
 MEDEL, RHEA NECOLE