Chinese Language
China has artwork that is extremely unique to their culture and region. A lot of China’s art gets influences from different religions like Taoism and Confucianism. Also a big influence in the Chinese culture is their language. They run off of a pictographic, so their words are represented by symbols. Naturally this means they understand the value of line, as it is a necessity for their communication.
Different Perspectives
Chinese artist also use points and lines to help the viewer navigate through the piece of art. Many of the artists, especially around the 12th century, don’t keep the same perspective throughout the whole piece of art, actually generally the perspective changes as the viewer “moves” through the piece. This can be seen in the development of landscape painting during this period, as color was de-emphasized and thin monochrome line and form was used to accentuate the pictorial harmony and subtlety.
Chinese Airport
Symbols play a major part in Chinese artwork, but symbols also play a big role in architecture. Traditional Chinese architecture uses, lines, patterns, curves, and colors to help ward off evil spirits. It is seen in the architecture and their artwork, that everything has a meaning. Traditional Chinese design retains its influence today as seen in contemporary Chinese architecture through its emphasis on line and form, often using spherical patterns to reflect the culture’s interest in how life in general is circular.
Modern Chinese Garment
Traditional Chinese clothing is both a external sign of elegance, but also shows the internal elegance. The idea that everything has meaning caries on into the clothing, as special care was put into the details of the clothes like flowers, plants, and animals. Every color that was chosen and every animal that was put onto the clothing had significance. Today designers are starting to implement parts of traditional Chinese art and thought into the pieces. A designer today will take into account symbols and the idea of fortune when designing clothes. Now a days woman can still be seen wearing traditional dresses to formal occasions.
