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Chinese Calligraphy and Western Painting Art

ColorPaintingArt — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 16:40:30 +0000

Lunar Chinese New Year is right at the corner of this week. Coincidentally, it falls on the same day as the Valentine’s Day. At this time of the year, it is a traditional culture for the Chinese to use the ink brush to paint auspicious words on red paper scroll. Chinese words painted in the form of calligraphy, signifying good luck and prosperity. Quite often there are framed or made into scrolls and hang them on the wall of their house. The chosen red color for the paper background has its own meaning too. It symbolize good fortune and lucky charms.

To the Western painting art, you will be appreciating the techniques of colorful art painted by artists in the early centuries. Their works look brilliant, and colors are being used to express their artistic view. Different sizes of brushes and strokes, as well as knives painting skill are applied. However, on one key difference from Chinese painting art is that you hardly notice written words or poems on the oil paintings. And it is Chinese calligraphy being the most popular and prestigious in the hierarchy of Chinese art and culture. Totally different disciplines and practice, using many different brush strokes with just one-size brush and black ink on plain paper.

The element of single brush stroke may not mean a lot, however, it is able to form a Chinese character with the combination of many strokes. And four characters in a calligraphy writings are usually referring to words for proverbs. To acquire skills in calligraphy, you will need a lot of patience to learn the basic. With consistency and lots of practice, will one makes perfect on this art.

Pictures of Paper-Cutting Art on Frames

ColorPaintingArt — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 14:46:38 +0000

Hierarchy of Chinese Art

ColorPaintingArt — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 05:53:51 +0000

Chinese ancient art, inclusive of paintings, are mostly consist of objects which were put to practical usage in those days. Others were stored away and only brought out on special occasions. In fact, those artwork produced by the olden Chinese, were classified into different hierarchy. The quality differ greatly, if Chinese artworks for emperor and those made for scholarly elites, for ordinary people or for furnishing tombs or temples.

Below I have listed out the traditional hierarchy of Chinese art, starting from the most popular and prestigious in early times.

Landscape paintings and calligraphy writings. Using ink on paper
Figure paintings, including birds, flowers and insect paintings
Religious paintings of Tang Dynasty. Ink and colors on silk. Art for Buddhist temples
Hand-scroll paintings of Yuan Dynasty.
Jade craving and bronze vessels inlaid with gold and silver.
Decorative painting art, lacquer, porcelain earthenware and silk.
Silk embroidery
Ceramic ware

Ancient Chinese Landscape Painting, Handscroll; ink and pale color on silk

Oil Painting Reproductions by the Chinese

ColorPaintingArt — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 14:20:49 +0000

Oil painting reproductions by the Chinese. Below are 2 pictures that I have found in one of the site hosted by the Chinese. I’m kind of impressed by the way there work in this open enviroment. Most of the Chinese will referred as “Painting Studio”, instead of naming it as a workshop or factory. Oil painting reproduction is definately sell at a affordable price, since the pictures do show its capability of mass production.

Having said that there are the oil painting reproductions, there is no way one can compare with the original paintings by master artists. Such as Van Gogh, Claude Monet, Gustav Klimt, their original artworks are usually kept as private collection, displaying in museums, or selling in auctions and art galleries. However, if one who is simply looking for an oil paintings to decorate their interior wall, oil painting reproductions are still the best choice. So what is the worth of considering such paintings are the better options?

For 3 simple reasons:-

1) It is genuinely 100% hand painted. No Printing, no digital transfer.

2) Practically affordable, as compared to the original by master artist

3) For awareness, appreciation and education purposes in modern days.