Did you know that painting started from prehistoric

men?

They used ochre and black pigment

Early paintings often showed hunting scenes of man chasing various animals such as horses,rhinoceros,lions,buffaloes,mammoths and others.

These types of prehistoric paintings were drawn on the walls of caves,blocks of stone, etch.

The history of Eastern painting is as old as the civilization of China.

It is historically comparable to Western painting.

Eastern countries continued to influence each other’s production of arts over the centuries.

Bjects or

Painting Subjects or Themes

1. flowers and birds2.landscapes3.Palaces and temples4. Human figures5. Animals6.Bamboos and stones

1.scenes from everyday life

2. narrative scenes crowded with figures and details

1. landscape paintings2.Minhwa(the traditional folk painting)3.Four gracious plants(plum blossoms,

orchids or wild orchids.4. Bamboo5. Portaraits

Important Aspects in East Asian Painting

-Landscape painting was regarded as the highest form of Chinese painting

They are also consider the three concepts of their arts: Heaven, Earth,and HumanKind (Yin-Yang).Chinese society, basically agricultural, has always laid great stress on understanding the pattern of nature and living in accordance with it.

Oriental artists often created landscapes rather than paintings with the human figure as subjects.

Chinese art expresses the human understanding of the relationship between nature and humans. This is evident in the form of painting of landscapes, bamboo, birds and flowers, etc. This might be called the metaphysical, Daoist aspect of Chinese painting.

Six Principle of Chinese Painting

1. Observe rhythm and movements.2.Leave spaces for the eyes to rest.3.Use brush in calligraphy4.Use colors correctly5.Live up to tradition by copying the

master’s artwork6.Copy the correct proportion of the

objects and nature.