Art of China

Pictures of a lot of different types of chinese art. Here is the modern art: artofchina.com.tumblr.com/modern

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Bamboo under Spring Rain

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Beautiful canvas painting. Simply stunning!

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A Military Website

Great website on military schools and such. It isn't mine, but it's my cousins and he will post a post on chinese influence on modern military soon.

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A peacock, a significant animal that symbolizes hope in Chinese culture, is gracefully drawn here. The red hues contrasting with the stark black head implies the dichotomy of hope and despair. A perfect painting that espouses the Japanese dogma of Ying and Yang, of black and white, of hope and despair.

source:

http://eddypua.deviantart.com/art/Chinese-art-100871088

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You can see the sorrow in this girl's eye and what looks like a noose around her neck. Her eyes capture the entire moment and her grim outlook. The disheveled hair and dirty feel of the painting add to the desperation in her eyes.

Source:

http://jimmydemello.deviantart.com/art/Girl-from-a-Chinese-Art-Book-115845493

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Its a painting of a young Yang Pu moving his entire family to presumably the other side of the river. Dated circa 200BC, it was a time of death and destruction for China. Known as the Warring States Period, it was an era of decentralized power and individual, consolidated city-states at endless with each other. This painting perfectly shows the fear and frustration of the common folk during that period.

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These are three designs for wall sconces in ancient China, more accurately, around the Qin dynasty. You can see that each new take becomes more and more intricate. It also bears a new shape each time. The first one, it's in the shape of a human. The second one, its the shape of a sword. The last one, its a wind mill complete with birds and a little ladder. Very detailed art.

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A chinese porcelain vaes, the beatiful gold background and intricate details in clothing is a sight for sore eyes. I just love it!

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Beautiful painting on rice paper

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An early chinese drawing of a crossbow, it expounds upon the impressive intellectual advances of Chinese scholars in ancient history. After all, the Chinese were the first people to accept scholars as a whole class. Nonetheless, this early drawing of a crossbow was huge, maybe a ballista. Quite opposite of a crossbow pistol, which is a smaller version of a crossbow.

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Bats in Chinese Art

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Chinese painting from 1664 by the Qing Dynasty painter, Kun Can