Tang Dynasty
During the Tang Dynasty, figure painting flourished at the royal court. Artists such as Zhou Fang showed the lustre of court life in paintings of palace ladies, emperors and imperial horses. Figure painting reached the height of elegant realism in the art of court of Southern Tang (937-975 A.D.). Most of the Tang artists outlined figures with fine black lines and used brilliant colour and elaborate detail. However, one Tang artist, the master Wu Daozi, used only blank ink and freely painted brushstrokes to create ink paintings. From his time on, ink paintings were no longer thought to be preliminary sketches or outlines to be filled in with colour.
*White-night Horse: White horse, ink on paper, inscription is a poem written by Emperor Ch'ien-lung in 1746, drawn by Han Gan:
Five dynasties
*Night Party: Han Xizai gives a banquet, painted by Gu Hongzhong about 910-980 A.D.
Song Dynasty
Song dynasty period (960-1279 A.D.), landscape of more subtle expression appeared. Immeasurable distances were conveyed through the use of blurred outlines, mountain contours disappearing into the mist, and impressionistic treatment of natural phenomena. Emphasis was placed on the spiritual qualities of the painting and on the ability of the artist to reveal the inner harmony of man and nature, as perceived according to Taoist and Buddhist concepts.
*A Thousand Li of Rivers and Mountains: Hand-scroll, ink and heavy colour on silk, painted by Wang Ximeng (1096-1120 A.D.) in North Song Dynasty.
*Li Bai Strolling: Painted by Liang Kai in Southern Song Dynasty.
Yuan Dynasty
During the Mongol Yuan Dynasty (1271-1368 A.D.), painters joined the arts of painting, poetry, and calligraphy by inscribing poems on their paintings. These three arts worked together to express the artist's feelings more completely than one art could do alone.
*Bamboo in the Winds: Hanging scroll, ink on paper, painted by Wu Zhen.
Ming Dynasty
During Ming period (1368-1644 A.D.), was immensely popular with the narrative painting, with a wider colour range and a much busier composition than Song paintings.
*Garden of the Unsuccessful Politician: Album of eight paintings with facing pages of calligraphy, ink on paper, drawn by Wen Zhengming in 1551 A.D.
Qing Dynasty
During the early Qing Dynasty (1644-1911 A.D.), painters known as individualists rebelled against many of the traditional rules of painting and found ways to express themselves more directly through free brushwork. In the 18th and 19th centuries, great commercial cities such as Yang Zhou and Shanghai became art centres where wealthy merchant-patrons encouraged artists to produce bold new works.
*Painted by Pu Ru.
*Rock Pillar, painted by Zheng Xie (Zheng Banqiao), 1693-1765.
*Bamboo, painted by Zheng Xie (Zheng Banqiao), 1693-1765.
20-th Century
Beginning with the New Culture Movement, Chinese artists started to adopt using Western techniques.
*Ink Painting of Lotus, painted by Zhang Daqian (1899- 1983 A.D.)
*Fisherman, painted by Qi Baishi (1864-1957 A.D.)
Classic Chinese Painting. (n.d.). Chinapage.com. Retrieved from http://www.chinapage.com/paint1.html
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Classic Chinese Painting. (n.d.). Chinapage.com. Retrieved from http://www.chinapage.com/paint1.html
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