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QUARTER 2 – MODULE 1
MELC: Analyzes elements and principles of
art in the production of arts and crafts
 In this lesson, you will learn about the history of East Asian Art
specifically in China, Japan, and Korea. These countries have known
to their numerous similarities and commonalities by their history.
They focus on nature as their subjects or themes in their arts and
crafts. This lesson will also refresh your knowledge in the art
elements and principles through analyzation of artwork.
Painting started from prehistoric men. They usually used red ochre and
black pigment. Early paintings often showed hunting scenes of man
chasing various animals such as horses, rhinoceros, lions, buffaloes,
mammoths, and others. These types of paintings were drawn on the
walls of caves, blocks of stones, etc. and some of them are found in
China.
The history of Eastern painting is said to be as old as the civilization
of China. Historically, these were comparable to western paintings.
Over the centuries, Eastern countries continued to influence each
other’s production of arts.
 There are more than 600 animals depicted
on the walls of the Lascaux cave and almost a
fourth of them are horses. The walls of the
cave are very hard so the artists could not
engrave an outline into the rock as they did in
some other caves. They painted with mineral-
based pigments like iron oxide, which has a
reddish color. Sometimes they used their
fingers or pads of fur and moss to apply the
paints. They even spray-painted by blowing
Lascaux paint through a hollow bone.
 Country in East Asia differ from each other, just like a human being, each has
its own identity and these are called Painting Subjects or Themes.
Take note of the following subject/themes:
COUNTRY PAINTING SUBJECTS/ THEMES
• Flowers and birds
• Landscapes
• Palaces and temples
CHINA • Human figures
• Animals
• Bamboos and stones
with

• Scenes from everyday life

• Narrative scenes crowded figures and
JAPAN details
SOUTH KOREA • Landscape paintings (natural
scenery)
• Minhwa (the traditional folk
painting)
• Four gracious plants (plum
blossoms, orchids or wild orchids,
NORTH KOREA chrysanthemums, and bamboo)
• Bamboo
• Portraits (human face)
Important Aspects in East Asian
• Landscape painting- It is regarded as the highest form of Chinese painting.
There are three concepts that they consider: heaven, earth, and humankind
(Yin-Yang). In Chinese society, basically agricultural, has always laid great
stress on understanding the pattern of nature of nature and living in
accordance with it. Oriental artists often created landscapes rather than
paintings with the human figure as subjects.
 Silk- It is a fine, strong, soft lustrous fiber produced by silkworms
in making cocoons and collected to make thread and fabric. Silk is also
spun by some insect larvae and by most spiders. This was often used as
the medium to paint upon, but it is quite expensive. When the Han
eunuch, Cai Lun, invented paper in the 1 st century AD, it did not only
provide cheap and widespread medium for writing but also make
painting became more economical.
Paintings of China, Japan and Korea
Spring Morning in the Han Palace
"Spring Morning in the Han Palace" was
drawn by Qiu Ying, who specialized in the
gongbi brush technique. He was regarded as
one of the Four Great Masters of the Ming
Dynasty (1368-1644).

The Great Wave off Kanagawa is probably

the most recognizable Japanese painting
ever made. It’s actually the most prominent
piece of art “made in Japan”. It depicts an
enormous wave threatening boats off the
coast of the prefecture of Kanagawa.
Mother Dog and Puppies ("Mogyeon") by Yi
Am
: SUMMATIVE EVALUATION
A. Directions: Identify the country that represents the given theme or subject in painting.
Write your answer on the blank before the number.

________1. Scenes from everyday life ________2. Flowers and birds

________3. Portraits (human face) ________4. Animals
________5. Plum blossoms _______6. Minhwa
________7. Palaces and temples ________8. Wild orchids
________9. Human figures ________10. Narrative scenes
crowded with figures and detail