ARTS 8 - Q2

Cards (56)

  • Chinese Paintings used red ochre. The history of East Asian Paintings are as old as the civilization of China.
  • 3 Components of landscape paintings:
    1. nature
    2. heaven
    3. humankind
  • Tianren Heyi
    highlights the harmony between man and nature.
  • 6 Principles of Painting:
    1. vitality
    2. bone method
    3. depiction of form
    4. suitability to type
    5. division and planning
    6. transmission by copying
  • Bone Method
    the way you use the brush
  • Depiction of Form
    line and shape of the object
  • Suitability to Type
    use colors correctly
  • Asymmetrical Balance
    where two sides of an art is not alike but carries an equal visual weight.
  • Harmony
    where all parts of the image complement each other.
  • Calligraphy
    • flowing form of writing
    • considered as "art of beautiful handwriting"
  • Silk Painting is expensive, therefore it is considered a luxury.
  • Korean Painting
    dates back to 108 CE
  • 4 Categories of Korean Paintings:
    • Landscape Painting
    • Minhwa
    • Portrait Styles
    • Four Noble Ones
  • Four Noble Ones:
    1. Chrysanthemum
    2. Bamboo
    3. Orchids
    4. Plum Blossom
  • Chrysanthemum
    • Productivity
    • Autumn
  • Bamboo
    • integrity
    • Winter
  • Orchids
    • refinement
    • summer
  • Plum Blossom
    • courage
    • spring
  • Print
    shape made on a flat surface by an inked block.
  • Ando Hiroshige
    • 1797-1858
    • created more than 5000 prints
    • created Naruto Whirlpools
  • Woodcut
    carved from a block of wood
  • Relief Print

    from the raised carvings on a block
  • Intaglio Print

    image scratched onto a plate
  • Ukiyo-e
    • popular style in Japan
    • means "pictures of the floating world."
  • 3 Main Types of Roofs:
    1. Straight Inclined
    2. Multi Inclined
    3. Sweeping
  • Straight Inclined
    houses of commoners
  • Multi Inclined
    1. two or more sections
    2. houses for the wealthy people
  • Sweeping
    1. roofs with curves
    2. reserved for temples
  • Chinese Paintings used red ochre. The history of East Asian Paintings are as old as the civilization of China.
  • 3 Components of landscape paintings:
    1. nature
    2. heaven
    3. humankind
  • Tianren Heyi
    highlights the harmony between man and nature.
  • 6 Principles of Painting:
    1. vitality
    2. bone method
    3. depiction of form
    4. suitability to type
    5. division and planning
    6. transmission by copying
  • Bone Method
    the way you use the brush
  • Depiction of Form
    line and shape of the object
  • Suitability to Type
    use colors correctly
  • Asymmetrical Balance
    where two sides of an art is not alike but carries an equal visual weight.
  • Harmony
    where all parts of the image complement each other.
  • Calligraphy
    • flowing form of writing
    • considered as "art of beautiful handwriting"
  • Silk Painting is expensive, therefore it is considered a luxury.
  • Korean Painting
    dates back to 108 CE