Chinese art are visual art that, whether ancient or modern, originated in or is practice in China or

Chinese artist.

TH EVOLUTION OF CHINESE ARTS:

Portraits began in the Warring States Period and traditionally rendered with great
restrain, unusually because the subject was a great scholar, monk or court official so should by
definition, have good moral characteristic as a sign of respect on status of living.

ZHEN BUDDHISM
Emphasizing meditation and intuition
Zen is a school of Mahayana Buddhism that originated in China during the Tang
dynasty, then known as the Chan School and later developed into various schools. It
was strongly influenced by Taoist philosophy, especially Neo-Daoist thought, and
developed as a distinct school of Chinese Buddhism.
 BUST OF BODHIDHARMA INK ON SILK

Bodhidharma was a Buddhist monk who lived during the 5th or 6th
century. He is traditionally Emperor Wu: "So the highest of noble truth?
"Buddhist master who made his way to North China via the fabled Silk.

Ancient China covered a vast and ever changing geopolitical

landscape, despite of the influence of foreign ideas there are changes of
materials.

IMPORTANCE OF CHINESE ART

 The important difference between the Chinese arts and the other
culture is that; Chinese artist were not professionals but gentle
amateurs.
 Express the artist good character not on how they are good in
practical artistic skills.
THE IMPORTANCE OF JADE STONE
Jade

 reflected in its status of ‘‘GOODNESS , PRECIOUSNESS AND BEAUTY”

 both ornament and as jewelry
 popular choice of material for artwork
 known as ‘‘Yu’’ in China

2 TYPES OF JADE
Nephrite
-historically used in pre 1800 china
-greener color
Jadeite

-found in 12 location across the world

-blue, emerald green

-rarer than nephrite

GOLD HAS A VALUE AND; JADE IS INVALUABLE

One prior saying of Chinese, which is significance as an evidence not
only historically but at present as well.

CONFUCIANISM
-preserver of traditional Chinese values

- referred to as the Ru-jia Doctrine or School of Literati known as by Western

Scholars.

-humanism is the Central feature

According to Confucious the founder of Confucianism -was the dominant way

of life subscribed to general public. Those who subscribed to principles espoused by
Confucious believed that order for society to work, one must learn how to sympathized to
others.
COMPONENTS OF CONFUCIAN DOCTRINE

Filial piety
- is a virtue of respect for one's parents, elders, and ancestors. The
Confucian Classic of Filial Piety, thought to be written around the Qin-Han
period, has historically been the authoritative source on the Confucian
tenet of filial piety.
Ancestor worship
- in China was obviously related to the basic Confucian idea that
children are obligated to respect their parents in life and to
remember them after they have died.