The term refers to six techniques and aesthetic principles for painting formulated by Xie He, a painter between Qi and Liang of the Southern Dynasties. After studying famous painters of the previous age, he summarized his views on painting in six basic rules: dynamic style, forceful brush strokes, life-like image, characteristic coloring, careful a…
Freehand brushwork is one of the traditional methods of brushwork expression in Chinese painting. Using abbreviated and willful brushwork, the artist suggests graphically the meaning and character of the object and its shape. The chief aim is to give rein to the artist’s subjective state and mood. It stresses flexibility in brushwork, unrestrained …
Wording should be refined and colorful whereas figurative meaning should be discreet and varied. Thus opined Liu Xie (465?-520? or 532?) of the Southern Dynasties, when he summarized the creative features of The Book of Songs in the chapter “Regarding Classics as Ultimate Sources” in The Literary Mind and the Carving of Dragons. It also represe…
The purposes of the Project are to select the concepts in Chinese culture and thought that reflect the characteristics of the country's traditional culture and the Chinese people's way of thinking, and that embody the core values of China.
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