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Arts

The expression or application of human creative skill and imagination, typically in a visual form such as painting or sculpture.

Chinese paintings

A traditional art form with two main types - Meticulous (Gong-bi) and Freehand (Shui-mo), depicting various subjects and themes.

Gongbi Paintings

Chinese meticulous paintings that are highly colored and usually depict figures or subjects with intricate details.

Shui-mo Paintings

Chinese freehand paintings created using ink brush techniques, often depicting common themes or landscapes.

Landscape painting

A genre of art that focuses on depicting natural scenery, often incorporating elements of nature, heaven, and humankind.

Wang Hui

A renowned Chinese landscape painter known for his brush strokes and detailed compositions.

Art principles

Fundamental concepts in art including balance (symmetrical and asymmetrical) and harmony in visual design.

Calligraphy

The art of beautiful handwriting, often considered a foundation for brush ink painting in East Asian countries.

Kuo Hsi

A Chinese landscape painter known for his contributions to the art form and emphasis on identifying with the landscape.

Korean Painting

A form of art with main categories including Landscape, Minwha, Four Gracious Plants, and Portrait Styles.

Minwha

Traditional Korean art of the common people, illustrating freedom of expression and inner thoughts through subjects like tigers, nature, and humans.

Four Gracious Plants

A term referring to chrysanthemum, bamboo, orchid, and plum blossom, symbolizing various virtues and seasons in Korean art.

Ars

This is a latin word, that means craft

Representational

has a subject and is easy to recognize.

Non-representational

it doesn’t have a subject(ABSTRACT)

Chrysanthemum

this plant symbolizes productivity and autumn

Bamboo

this plant symbolizes integrity and winter.

Orchids

this plant symbolizes refinement and summer.

Plum blossom

this plant symbolizes courage in gentlemen and spring.

Portrait style

this is a strong emphasis given to the depiction of faces, particularly to eyes.

Printmaking

Process by which different types of prints are made

Relief prints

a print from the raised carving on a block.

Intaglio print

a print from an image scratched into a metal plate.

Woodblock printing

technique for printing text images or patterns being widely used throughout East asian countries.

This method was adopted in Japan during the Edo Period

Nature, heaven, and Human Kind

These are the three major components of landscape painting.

Wang shim, Wang jian, Wang Yanqui, and Wang Hui

The four wangs

Symmetrical balance

refers to having equally weighted elements on both sides(formal balance)

Asymmetrical balance

refers to having two sides of art that are not alike but carry equal or nearly visual weight.(informal balance)

Harmony

in a visual design connotates all parts of the image and compliments each other.