Much traditional Chinese art was made for the imperial court, often to be then redistributed as gifts. As well as Chinese painting, sculpture and Chinese calligraphy, there is a great range of what ma
Xiao Yan, Martial Emperor of Liang, ca. 700 AD, National Palace Museum, Taipei.
Bu Shang Tie by Ouyang Xun, Palace Museum, Beijing
Crossing the Frozen River, a poem in running script by Kangxi Emperor (1654–1722), Palace Museum, Beijing
Calligraphy on fan by Mo Shilong, China, Ming dynasty, 16th century, ink on gold paper, Honolulu Academy of Arts
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Chinese painting is one of the oldest continuous artistic traditions in the world. Painting in the traditional style is known today in Chinese as guó huà, meaning "national painting" or "native painti
Chinese art by medium and technique
…Much traditional Chinese art was made for the imperial court, often to be then redistributed as gifts. As well as Chinese painting, sculpture and Chinese calligraphy, there is a great range of what may be called decorative or applied arts. Chinese fine art is distinguished from…
Huang Quan's Almanac of Birds and Beasts; Later Shu, c. 950 CE.
Early Autumn by Qian Xuan (1235–1305)
Views of Xiaoxiang by Dong Yuan (932–962). Dong is considered as one of the originators of landscape painting styles; the scales of such paintings were often huge, with minuscule yet intricate pastoralist subjects showing the relative enormity of the landscape. Zoom into the left to see a group of men engaging in seine-haul fishing.
Silk painting depicting a man riding a dragon, 5th century BCE.