Aesthetic Features And Influence Of Figure Paintings By Chen Hongshou

They shared a few similarities in their artworks and journeys to fame despite having different nationalities, and shared notable differences in their styles and beliefs. With their passion for art and remarkable talents, it is no

The piece I decided to analyze is the famous sculpture, Laocoön and his two sons. I decided on this particular piece for a few reasons, one being the emotion we see on the subjects’ faces, and the other being the importance for future art. When I began this research I could not have possibly understood the relevance this piece had on the art that was yet to come.

Hung Liu's paintings are of photographs. She paints from them because she wants to set free the messages that are locked inside the photograph. In Liu's painting Virgin/Vessel the woman's feet are disfigured because of foot binding. Chinese women did this in attempt to raise their status. They were unable to walk and forced into prostitution. The women became a sexual vessel and there was one in front of the girl in the painting. This shows the isolation and vulnerability. In Liu's Three Fujins, The women are shown with birdcages in front of them with represents the women's spiritual captivity. Their pose is uniform and shows that they have given in to the forces of the rulers in their time period. They did this in order to fit into the roles

As the empire becomes stabilized, Ming dynasty reached a big advance in expression in art. In the book Masterworks of Ming and Qing Painting from the Forbidden City, it is said that “The reigns of the Hongwu, Yongle and Xuande emperors were relatively strong and well-organized, supported by a strong agricultural base in the south below the Yangtze river, and by a particularly large and efficient merchant fleet (Howard 22).” and during that time “…great advances in

In this painting, two visual elements stand out over all the rest. These elements are that of color and texture. Color in art is an element that has to be phenomenal in order to get recognition and true appreciation from the viewers. In this painting, the colors are rich, vivacious and standout as dark, but bold representations of the uniqueness of it all. The use of brown and yellow and green and grey and white all come together in a harmony of color and unity. As for the texture in the painting, it is that of brisk and roughness that is nature. The sharp edges of the bucks rack and the cold, rough edges of the dead tree show

I love drawing and painting water colors and, this picture give the impression of it being a water color painting. I like all the different colors the artist used. When I stare at the picture I feel that the women is shy the way she raise her hand to her face, but guys would feel lust for her because of her body and face. I also feel that she is very sneaky and a strong women who would be risky to have a relationship with. When I look at the story description I felt that my thoughts about the women were close. She had weakened the empire by distracting one of the guys from their duties. Even though the woman, Yang Guifei was strangled to death she was a popular subject in literature because she brought drama for centuries. I feel that the picture was expressed in wealth because; the Yang Guifei had to be wealthy or have money to be near the emperor. She had to dress nice to be able to distract the guy’s attention to get close to the emperor. I felt that this piece of art was breathtaking to look at not only was the colors beautiful but how it has a story behind it. I never really stare a piece of art for so long and try to describe it without looking at the story behind it. But when I did read the description I didn’t expect the way I portray this woman to be dangerous. Even though my description of what I thought of her before I look at the detailed description was similar. I still felt that it was amazing how I got so much from just staring at this piece of art. I guess it’s true what they say a picture does speak a thousand

The art work has great use of line an obvious example is the stars as they connect to one another. Also the man he is made up of lots of different lines. I don’t see any form in this painting. There are lots of shapes the mans body is made up of several different shapes. The work of art appears somewhat serious as a result of the dim hues and rakish appearance of the man. The colors used in this painting are different value of blue and brown and also black, white. The art work shows mass by the mans legs in comparison to the rest of the

In his illustrations and paintings, he like to use a very traditional technique to paint, he would start with draw a number of thumbnail of his models, and then get the perfect composition, then he uses round or flat soft sable brushes with paint that shined down by turpentine, to get a thin wash of the composition, then he would use flat hard bristle brushes with regular and thicker paint to do the rest of the painting, with this technique, he is able to keep the shadows transparent and thin, but also a interesting light side with all his characterized brush

These transcripts taught the designers unique techniques for painting and how to obtain a desired effect through simple brush strokes. Carefully adhering to these lost principles, painters rediscovered the process of more lifelike imagery, causing many portraits to seem almost real. Many times, these realistic pictures would be commissioned by the wealthy elite as a symbol of status and success. Famous examples of portraits include Mona Lisa, Arnolfini Wedding, and the Ambassadors. The Renaissance exact and realistic style is most accurately portrayed through the knowledge of classical documents and beautiful

The first thing that came to my mind when I discovered this paint was the word massive. It was incredible how the size of this painting became a way to present the art work. While looking at the art work standing far way, I was captured by not the scenery of the mountain and garden, but the use of white background, the emptiness that it bring out. Just like Shen Zhou’s Poet on a Mountaintop, that uses lines and white background to create sense of cloud flowing in the sky. Although, Yuan Jiang uses something that Shen Zhou did use on his painting, something that I find really magnificent, the use of shadow. Unlike those lines that define clouds in Poet on a Mountaintop, Yuan Jiang uses something similar to Dong Qichang’s The Qingbian Mountains, which white out in between mountain, create sense of cloud. By doing so, it is far more realistic compare to just use of line. Though, Yuan Jiang did not just white out the background,

This chapter looks at the various stylistic aspects in the prints which can be identified as Chinese or portraying Chinese origin and a plenty of factual detail and local narrative.

Hokusai knows such series of scene in different view of the same place at different time and season which it’s interesting to find these dimensions of reality in a painting. The most famous painting from Hokusai is the great wave (9.7) given well linear perspective and foreshortening, reflect influenced by the west. Giving the wave a naturalism movement and rhythmic power of swelling wave, even its flat, that gave it some effect. Hokusai the horsetail gatherer (9.8) is another great art piece from woodblock painting. Setting the atmosphere of stillness from the bird view. Putting a scene set for an emotion, where a man is looking for his child in the wood and mountain as the setting described it. from the setting of the scene, as looking at it, the moon is behind the tree from distant, as the light to the man way. Sharp contrast wave of the stream and the smooth clear as glass water which the duck is set on in peaceful. You can see there is a moment in this that hokusai made to tell a narrative in one scene, like others art piece from other artist had made from theirs (9.9)

While Qiu’s work depicts the prosperity of Suzhou in the middle era of the Ming dynasty, Zhang’s painting shows the daily life of people in Kaifeng during the Song dynasty. Qiu Ying’s buildings are more structured and grand, even the shops appear more spacious. The scenes in this painting represent an important page in Chinese history by combining the history and reality of a genre painting. So many landmark buildings in Suzhou are clearly recognizable which show the developed economy and traditions of the Ming dynasty and the artist’s own style. Qiu Ying uses the traditional blue-and-green style in this painting, leading to a beautiful picture which is filled with bright green mountains and clear blue

“The Battle of Oroi-jalatu” is one of the 16 printed images that sent to France from copper engravings dating from 1767-1774. After emperor Qianlong who ruled the Qing dynasty from 1735 to 1796, saw the battle prints by German painter, he decided to depict his military campaigns to celebrate his victories through prints. The print exhibits a horizontal division, and the position is drawing from near to far according to their sequence in time. By drawing the rocks and trees to divided the painting into several sections. The printing separates into two parts, the left is the reserve artillery and logistics camps of the Qing army and the other side is the logistics camps of the enemy. The foreground delineates the fighting scenes of the vanguard

He used oil paints, canvas and oil painting pens, the color of his oil painting are very heavy and bright, making his pictures colorful and powerful. The difference is that Guan Zhong Wu uses ink to draw abstract paintings. Ink is more diluted than oil paint because every time use ink painter need to put water in it, making his abstract paintings looks more concise and have different feeling. However, as long as painters understand this kind of painting, different painting tools will achieve different results. According to Zheng(2008:30-32),in the study of painting, students need to know the history of the development of painting tools, and the basic knowledge of how to use the painting tools, that will help them to create their own paintings. In conclusion, it is important for the painter to understand and use the appropriate drawing tools.