Nanga School PaintingsNanga School Paintings

By: Katie and NickBy: Katie and Nick

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Nanga MastersNanga Masters

• Nanga masters have variations of literati paintings, Japanese aesthetics, and unique brushworks while they accumulated other talents such as calligraphy and poetry.

• Nanga masters have variations of literati paintings, Japanese aesthetics, and unique brushworks while they accumulated other talents such as calligraphy and poetry.

How it startedHow it started

• The Nanga School started by other painters taking ideas from literati painters and being grouped together as the Nanga School.

• The Nanga School started by other painters taking ideas from literati painters and being grouped together as the Nanga School.

Uragami GyokudoUragami Gyokudo

• Uragami Gyokudo became known for his painting, Geese Aslant in the High Wind, in 1817 which represented a large natural source destroying the nature around it.

• Uragami Gyokudo became known for his painting, Geese Aslant in the High Wind, in 1817 which represented a large natural source destroying the nature around it.

Gyokudo ArtworkGyokudo Artwork• Gyokudo art was

considered to strong in his own time because of his layers of calligraphic brushwork, but in the modern century he has come to be appreciated and considered a great artist.

• Gyokudo art was considered to strong in his own time because of his layers of calligraphic brushwork, but in the modern century he has come to be appreciated and considered a great artist.

The Nanga SchoolThe Nanga School

• The Nanga school was not a school in the sense of a professional workshop, rather it took its name from the southern school of amateur artists described by the Chinese literati theorist Dong Qichang.

• The Nanga school was not a school in the sense of a professional workshop, rather it took its name from the southern school of amateur artists described by the Chinese literati theorist Dong Qichang.