Category Archives: Landscapes

Tang Yin a Great Masters of Landscapes

Posted on November 8, 2013 by CNArtGallery

Tang Yin, better known by his courtesy name Tang Bohu, was a Chinese scholar, painter, calligrapher, and poet of the Ming Dynasty whose life story has become a part of popular lore. Tang Yin also assimilated the techniques of scholar … Continue reading →

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Zhao Mengfu a Chinese Scholar and Painter

Posted on November 4, 2013 by CNArtGallery

Zhao Mengfu has been honored as an early master within the tradition of the literati painters, who sought personal expression rather than the representation of nature. Zhao Mengfu paintings were among the first after the collapse of the Song dynasty … Continue reading →

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Waterfall in Chinese Landscapes

Posted on October 24, 2013 by CNArtGallery

Many critics consider landscape to be the highest form of Chinese painting. By the late Tang Dynasty (618-907), landscape painting had evolved into an independent genre that embodied the universal longing of cultivated men to escape their quotidian world to commune … Continue reading →

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The Differences between Chinese Landscapes and Western Landscapes

Posted on October 16, 2013 by CNArtGallery

Landscape painting is the major theme of Chinese paintings in china, it origins from the Eastern Jin Dynasty, which is 1600 years ago. In china, landscape painting is called “Shan Shui”, which means mountain and river (Shaw 1988). Usually the … Continue reading →

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Mountains and Water in Chinese Landscape Paintings

Posted on October 12, 2013 by CNArtGallery

Landscape painting is traditionally at the top of the hierarchy of Chinese painting styles. The Chinese term for "landscape" is made up of two characters meaning "mountains and water". Chinese artists do not usually paint real places but imaginary, idealized landscapes. Chinese … Continue reading →

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Four Vertical Pieces of Chinese Paintings

Posted on October 9, 2013 by CNArtGallery

For Chinese four screens paintings, the most popular theme is four seasons Chinese painting. Chinese paintings four seasons include spring, summer, autumn and winter. Chinese painters often use different colors or different plants to portray different seasons. Other themes are … Continue reading →

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Chinese Mountain and Water Paintings in Landscapes

Posted on September 16, 2013 by CNArtGallery

Chinese landscape painting, in general, is the famous paintings art that take landscapes as themes, treats the natural mountains and rivers as major description objects. As the saying goes, mountains represent population and water is emblem of property. It means that … Continue reading →

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Waterfall Scenery in Chinese Landscape Paintings

Posted on August 15, 2013 by CNArtGallery

As you know, Chinese mountains and waterfall paintings are always well-received for their auspicious meanings and best wishes for fortune and wealth. In traditional Chinese paintings, mountains, for their power and majestic manner, are frequently used to symbolize the solid … Continue reading →

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