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Before the creation of the book, Chinese art-related works mainly focused on appreciation and cataloging, such as Gu Kaizhi's (顾恺之) On Painting and Xie He's (谢赫) Classified Record of Ancient Paintings. Zhang Yanyuan thus pioneered Chinese art history by being the first to document painters in a chronological format.
The arts of China (simplified Chinese: 中国艺术; traditional Chinese: 中國藝術) have varied throughout its ancient history, divided into periods by the ruling dynasties of China and changing technology, but still containing a high degree of continuity. Different forms of art have been influenced by great philosophers, teachers ...
The anthology Three Hundred Tang Poems, compiled much later, remains famous in China. During the Tang dynasty, poetry became popular, and writing poetry was considered a sign of learning. One of China's greatest poets was Li Po, who wrote about ordinary people and about nature, which was a powerful force in Chinese art. One of Li Po's short ...
Chinese art is visual art that originated in or is practiced in China, Greater China or by Chinese artists. Art created by Chinese residing outside of China can also be considered a part of Chinese art when it is based on or draws on Chinese culture , heritage, and history.
Though the pioneer of Chinese court lady paintings was Mao Yanshou from the Han dynasty, the Tang dynasty court painters gave their works a unique look fusing Central Plain art with influences from Central Asia, Near East and other regions, reconceptualizing female beauty that went beyond canvases, to tomb murals, poems, and statuettes.
Exchanges were set up with groups of foreign artists, and Chinese artists began to experiment with new subjects and techniques. One particular case of freehand style (xieyi hua) may be noted in the work of the child prodigy Wang Yani (born 1975) who started painting at age 3 and has since considerably contributed to the exercise of the style in ...
The Four Masters of the Ming dynasty (Chinese: 明四家; pinyin: Míng Sì Jiā) are a traditional grouping in Chinese art history of four famous Chinese painters that lived during the Ming dynasty. The group consists of Shen Zhou (1427–1509), Wen Zhengming (1470–1559), Tang Yin (1470–1523), and Qiu Ying (c.1494–c.1552).
1302: Fang Congyi – Chinese painter in Yuan Dynasty (died 1393) 1301: Stefano Fiorentino – Italian fresco painter (died 1350) 1301: Ni Zan – Chinese artist considered to be one of the four "Late Yuan" masters (died 1374) 1300: Peter Parler – German architect, best known for building Saint Vitus Cathedral and Charles Bridge in Prague ...