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Art of eAST asia


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'mportant Aspects in Asian Paintings

Landscape painting was regarded aste igest form of (inese painting)

Tey also consider te tree

concepts of teir arts* Nature,Heaven and Human$ind #+in+ang%)

Sil$ was often used as te medium topaint upon, but it was -uitee.pensive)


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'mportant Aspects in Asian Paintings

Te ideologies of (onfucianism, /aoism, andBuddism played important roles in 0astAsian art)

(inese art e.presses te umanunderstanding of te relationsip betweennature and uman) Tis is evident in te

form of painting of landscapes, bamboo,birds, and 1owers, etc) Tis migt be calledte metapysical, /aoist aspect of (inesepainting)


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2$iyoe Te best $nown and most popular style of3apanese art is 2$iyoe, wic is 3apanese for4pictures of te 1oating world5 and it is

related to te style of woodbloc$ print ma$ingtat sows scenes of armony and carefreeeveryday living) 2$iyoe art was produced in

a diversity of di6erent media, including

painting and became an art domain of teupper classes and royalty but later was alsoproduced by te common people)


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CALLIGRAPHY


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(inese calligrapy

To te (inese, calligrapy is te art ofbeautiful andwriting) Traditional paintinginvolves essentially te same tecni-ues

as calligrapy and is done wit a brusdipped in blac$ or colored in$7 oils are notused)

+our paintings can be mounted on scrolls,

suc as anging scrolls or and scrolls,album seets, walls, lac-uerware, foldingscreens, and oter media)


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Earliest known ChineseAnient S!"#ols


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Chinese Roo$s

0ast Asian temples and ouses avesweeping roofs because tey believetat it will protect tem from te

elements of water, wind and !re)Buddists believed tat it elpedward o6 evil spirits wic were

deemed to be straigt lines) Te!gures at te tips are called roofguards)


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Chinese Roo$s

Straigt inclined more economicalfor common (inese arcitecture


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Chinese Roo$s

"ultiinclined 8oofs wit two ormore sections of incline) Tese roofsare used for residences of wealty

(inese)


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;oodbloc$ Printing

;oodbloc$ printing is a tecni-ue forprinting te.t, images or patterns usedwidely trougout 0ast Asia) 't originated

in (ina as a metod of printing onte.tiles but eventually became a metodfor printing on paper)

Tis metod was adapted in 3apan during

te 0do period #?


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THEATRICALPER%OR&ANCES


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(ina


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(inese TeatricalPerformances

Pekin' o(era $ae)(aintin' orJin'*+ Lian(+ is done wit di6erentcolors in accordance wit te

performing caracters personalityand istorical assessment) Te erotype caracters are normally painted

in relatively simple colors, wereasenemies, bandits, rebels and otersave more complicated designs on

teir faces)


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3ingCu Lianpu

G+an J+ ) Redindiatesde,otion-

o+ra'e-#ra,er!-+(ri'htness and

lo!alt!.


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3ingCu Lianpu

H+an' Pan' )Yellow si'ni/es/ereness-

a"#ition andool)headedness.


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3ingCu Lianpu

0h+ 1en ) A'reen $ae tellsthe a+diene

that theharater is notonl! i"(+lsi,e

and ,iolent- healso laks sel$)restraint.


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3ingCu Lianpu

Lian Po ) P+r(lestands $or+(ri'htness and

ool)headedness.1hile a reddish(+r(le $ae

indiates a *+stand no#leharater.


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3ingCu Lianpu

Cao Cao ) whites+''eststreaher!-

s+s(iio+snessand ra$tiness. Itis o""on to see

the white $ae o$the (ower$+l,illain on sta'e.


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3ingCu Lianpu

Jian' Gan ) Thelown or ho+ inChinese O(era has

s(eial "ake+((atterns alled5iaoh+alian.Sometimes a small

patc of cal$ ispainted around tenose to sow a meanand secretive

caracter) At times,


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3APAN


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TeatricalPperforma

nces Ka#+ki "ake+( or Kesho isalready in itself an interpretation ofte actors own role troug te

medium of te facial features) D:nstage, tis interpretation becomes atemporaliEation of ma$eup in

collaboration wit te audience) Teresult is a decoding of te dramatraced out in te grapic designs of

te painted face)5


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Te roles of colors in oreamas$s

Blac$, 8ed and ;ite 9 Brigt and vibrantcolors tat elp establis te age and raceof te !gure

Half 8ed and Half ;ite mas$ symboliEete idea tat te wearer as two faters,"r) 8ed and "r) ;ite

/ar$faced mas$ indicates tat te

caracter was born of an adulterousmoter )

Some mas$s ave moving parts li$ewin$ing or sifting eyes and moving


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PAPER ARTS


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(ina


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(inese Paper Arts

Paper was !rst invented by (ai Lunof te 0astern Han /ynasty in (ina)'t is indeed one of te greatest

contributions of ancient (ina in tedevelopment of arts)

(inese fol$ art is created wit

materials tat are naturally foundwitin te locality) Tis sows tatte (inese are nature lovers)


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(inese paper arts

'n (ina, traditional funerals includeburning yuanbao wic is a foldedpaper tat loo$ li$e gold nuggets or

ingots called Sycee) Tis is also usedfor oter ceremonial practices) Tis$ind of burning is commonly done at

teir ancestors graves during te&ost Festival)


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Paper (utting

(inese nots

Paper Folding

Paper $ites


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(inese paper arts

/ecorative (inese paper cuttingsare usually symmetrical in designwen unfolded and adapt te


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not tying

Iongguo is te (inesedecorative andicraft arttat began as a form of

(inese fol$ art in teTang and Song /ynasty

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:rigami

Te term :rigami came from Dori5meaning 4folding4, and D$ami5meaning 4paper4)

:rigami butter1ies were used duringte celebration of Sinto weddings torepresent te bride and groom, so

paper folding ad already become asigni!cant aspect of 3apaneseceremonies by te Heian period

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not Tying

'n 3apan, $nottying is calledHanamusubi) 't

empasiEes onbraids andfocuses on

individual $nots)


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not tying

'n orea, decorative$notwor$ is $nown asD"aedeup or called

/orae5 or doubleconnection $not, oftencalled orean $not

wor$ or orean $nots)


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