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  2. List of Chinese symbols, designs, and art motifs - Wikipedia

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    Hongshan Jade dragon Panlong [4] Shuanglong [14] Zhulong Curly and coiled dragon Azure dragon: Kuilong (夔龙) [4] Panchi [4] Zisunlong (子孙龙) Long dragon or mang dragon: 3-clawed dragons/ 4-clawed dragons, also called mang (蟒, lit. "python")/ 5-clawed dragons Zhenglong (正龙)/ sitting dragon Lilong (立龙)/ standing dragon

  3. Japanese garden - Wikipedia

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    There has been mathematical analysis of some traditional Japanese garden designs. These designs avoid contrasts, symmetries and groupings that would create points which dominate visual attention. Instead, they create scenes in which visual salience is evenly distributed across the field of view. Stand-out colours, textures, objects, and groups ...

  4. Chinese auspicious ornaments in textile and clothing

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    A common motif used in clothing and other arts products is the dragon playing with flaming pearls (or balls [34]: 8 ), which appeared during the second half of the first 1st millennium AD. [1] The flaming ball or ball represents either the sun or the moon; it is sometimes referred as the "day or night shining pearl". [34]: 8

  5. Bird-and-flower painting - Wikipedia

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    Bird-and-flower painting by Cai Han and Jin Xiaozhu, c. 17th century.. The huaniaohua is proper of 10th century China; and the most representative artists of this period are Huang Quan (哳㥳) (c. 900 – 965), who was an imperial painter for many years, and Xu Xi (徐熙) (937–975), who came from a prominent family but had never entered into officialdom.

  6. Chinese art - Wikipedia

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    [64] [65] Sotheby's noted that contemporary Chinese art has rapidly changed the contemporary Asian art world into one of the most dynamic sectors on the international art market. [66] During the global economic crisis, the contemporary Asian art market and the contemporary Chinese art market experienced a slow down in late 2008.

  7. Ikebana - Wikipedia

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    In the jiyūka (自由花, ' free flowers ') [27] style, creative design of flower arranging is emphasised, with any material permissible for use, including non-flower materials. In the 20th century, with the advent of modernism , the three schools of ikebana partially gave way to what is commonly known in Japan as "Free Style".

  8. Flowers of the Four Seasons - Wikipedia

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    The Flowers of the Four Seasons (Chinese: 四季名花, Sìjì Mínghuā) are a traditional grouping of flowers found in Chinese culture [1] that spread to and influenced other East Asian [2] arts. In Chinese art [3] and culture, the flowers that represent the four seasons consist of: (春兰) Chūnlán – Spring – orchid

  9. Korean flower arrangement - Wikipedia

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    Korean flower arrangement is an indoor art, and most often uses simple Joseon dynasty whiteware to highlight Korean flowers and tree branches in elegant and unforced natural arrangements. [1] Im Wha-Kong of Ewha Woman's University in Seoul, who also makes her own ceramic wares, is considered one of the greatest living developers of this art ...