China: Notable Artists and Architects (and their Works, Contributions, and Notable Biographical Information) and Notable Art and Architecture Terms, Concepts, etc.

344 - 406 - Gu Kaizhi (All Facts)

• Chinese Painter during the Jin Dynasty

• He was admired at the court of Nanking for his

  • Figure painting

  • Landscape art 

  • Certainty of brushstrokes and his “fine wire line” 

344 - 406 - Gu Kaizhi: The Lessons of the Instructress to the Ladies of the Court (All Facts)

• Depicts a woman giving instructions on how to appear beautiful

• Released alongside a poem accompanying it that laments that, while many ladies know how to adorn their physical beauty, few know how to beautify their souls

600 - 673 - Yan Liben (All Facts)

• Chinese Painter during the Tang Dynasty

• He presided over the public works committee entrusted with the task of constructing the imperial palaces of the capital

600 - 673 - Yan Liben: Thirteen Emperors Scroll (All Facts)

Chinese Buddhist Sculpture (All Facts)

• Combined the traditional linear delicacy with the Indian sense of form, resulting un such superb statues such as the Seated Stone Buddha

711 - Seated Stone Buddha (All Facts)

685 - 759 - Wu Daozi (All Facts)

• Chinese Painter during the Tang Dynasty

772 - 846 - Po Chu-i (All Facts)

• Wrote didactic verse

900 - 960 - Ching Hao (All Facts)

• Wrote an essay on landscape painting that stressed the metaphysical implications of such art

Imperial Academy of Painting (All Facts)

• Founded in western China during the Ten Kingdoms period