The Art of China

Artist: Lee Chung Hwa "Green Mountains"

Later there was the Bronze Age, Stone Age, Neolithic or New Stone Age. There were many different dynasties like the T’ang Dynasty, Zhou Dynasty, and the Qin Dynasty were a few dynasties.

Influence

Chinese arts are influenced by three major religions: Confucianism, Taoism, and Buddhism. Another major influence was nature. Painting became an art form more than 2000 years ago then influenced the later painters.

Art Forms

Chinese arts come in many different forms such as: painting, folk arts, silk, calligraphy, pottery, sculpture, metal arts and papercuts. The Chinese invented paper, which was very important for papercuts. The Chinese painted emperors, landscape and zodiac animals, flowers, ladies, and birds.

Process and Material

The Chinese used many materials such as medal, bronze, lacquer, jade, clay, silk, and cloth. Chinese people used jade to make mirrors and clay and stone to make pottery and statues.

Subject and Style

Chinese arts cover a very broad range of subjects. In papercuts they like to cut Buddhas, opera faces, animals, flowers, children, and aerobics. Zodiac animals, landscapes, opera faces, figure painting, mountains, and cranes, which were a symbol for long life, were popular subjects for their paintings. Chinese art began more than 4000 years ago.