2. MONGOLIA
“LAND OF THE BLUE SKY” & “LAND OF THE HORSE”

3. NORTH KOREA

4. CHINA

5. JAPAN
“LAND OF THE RISING SUN”

6. SOUTH KOREA

7. Paintings on
East Asia

8. • Landscape Painting was regarded as the
highest form of Chinese painting.
• They also consider the three concepts of
their arts: Nature, Heaven and Humankind
(YinYang).
PAINTINGS OF CHINA

9. • Silk was often used as the medium to paint
• Cai Lun, invented the paper
• it provided not only a cheap and widespread medium for
writing but painting became more economical.
PAINTINGS OF CHINA

10. • The “art of beautiful handwriting”.
• a brush dipped in black or colored ink; oils are not used.
• paper and silk
• Poets write their calligraphy on their paintings.
• 106,230 CHARACTERS
CHINESE CALLIGRAPHY

11. •the shoulder bones of large animals
and on tortoise shells. - “Jiaguwen”,
or shell-and-bone script.
Logographs (Ancient Writing Symbols)

12. • “Cangjie” - the legendary inventor of Chinese
writing, got his ideas from observing animals’
footprints and birds’ claw marks on the sand
as well as other natural phenomena.
• simple images from what he conceived as
representing different objects.
Logographs (Ancient Writing Symbols)

14. • it will protect them from the elements of
water, wind and fire.
• Buddhists believed that it helped ward off
evil spirits which were deemed to be straight
lines.
ROOF GUARDS

15. • Straight inclined – more economical for common Chinese
architecture
3 TYPES OF ROOF GUARDS

16. • Multi-inclined – Roofs with
two or more sections of
incline. These roofs are used
for residences of wealthy
Chinese.
3 TYPES OF ROOF
GUARDS

17. • Sweeping – has curves that
rise at the corners of the roof.
• for temples and palaces
although it may also be found
in the homes of the wealthy.
• highly decorated with ceramic
figurines.
3 TYPES OF ROOF
GUARDS

19. • primary influence of Korean paintings were Chinese
paintings.
• have subjects such as landscapes, facial features,
Buddhist topics, and an emphasis on celestial observation
in keeping with the rapid development of Korean
astronomy.
KOREAN PAINTING

20. • Mountain and Water are important features in Korean
landscape painting because it is a site for building
temples and buildings.
• painting represents both a portrayal of nature itself and a
codified illustration of the human view of nature and the
world.
KOREAN PAINTING

22. • technique for printing text, images or patterns used
widely throughout East Asia.
• It originated in China as a method of printing on textiles
but eventually became a method for printing on paper.
• one of their oldest and most highly developed visual arts.
JAPAN’S WOOD BLOCK PRINTING

23. • The best known and most popular style of Japanese.
• Which is Japanese for "pictures of the floating world”
• shows scenes of harmony and carefree everyday living.
• Produced in a diversity of different media, including
painting and became an art domain of the upper classes
and royalty but later was also produced by the common
people.
JAPANESE UKIYO-E

25. CHINA JAPAN KOREA
1. Flowers and birds
2. Landscapes
3. Palaces and
Temples
4. Human Figures
5. Animals
6. Bamboos and
Stones
1. Scenes from
everyday life
2. Narrative scenes
crowded with
figures and details
1. Landscape paintings
2. Minhwa (the traditional folk
painting)
3. Four Gracious Plants (plum
blossoms, orchids or wild
orchids, chrysanthemums)
4. Bamboo
5. Portraits
COMMON SUBJECTS/THEMES IN EAST
ASIAN PAINTINGS

29. FACE PAINTING

30. CHINESE
FACE
PAINTING

31. PEKING OPERA
• Peking opera, or Beijing opera is the most dominant
form of Chinese opera which combines music, vocal
performance, mime, dance and acrobatics.

32. Peking Opera Face-Painting or “Jingju Lianpu”
• “False Mask” (Lianpu)
• different colors in accordance with the performing
characters’ personality and historical assessment.
(COLOR = MEANING)
• The hero type characters are normally painted in
relatively simple colors
• Enemies, bandits, rebels and others have more
complicated designs on their faces.

33. MEANING OF COLORS
IN CHINESE FACE PAINTING

34. GUAN JU
•Red indicates
devotion, courage,
bravery, uprightness
and loyalty.

35. HUANG PANG
•Yellow signifies
fierceness, ambition
and cool-headedness

36. ZHANG FEI
• Black symbolizes
roughness and
fierceness.
• either a rough and bold
character or an impartial
and selfless personality.

37. ZHU WEN
•A Green face tells
not only impulsive
and violent, he also
lacks self-restraint

38. LIAN PO
• stands for uprightness
and cool-headedness.
• While a reddish-purple
(red-purple) face
indicates a just and
noble character.

39. CAO CAO
• White suggests
treachery,
suspiciousness and
craftiness.
• powerful villain on stage

40. JIANG GAN
• clown or chou in Chinese Opera has
special makeup patterns called
“xiaohualian” (the petty painted
face).
• chalk is painted around the nose to
show a mean and secretive character.
• painted on a young page or jesting to
enliven up the performance.

41. • Gold and silver colors are
usually used for gods and
spirits.

42. JAPANESE
FACE PAINTING

43. KABUKI PLAY
• Kabuki is a classical Japanese dance-drama. Kabuki theatre
is known for the stylization of its drama, the often-glamorous
costumes worn by performers, and for the elaborate make-
up worn by some of its performers.

44. STANDARD MAKE-UP KUMADORI MAKE-UP
TYPES OF KABUKI MAKE-UP (KESHO)
• applied to most actors • applied to villains and heroes
• It is composed of very dramatic
lines and shapes using colors that
represent certain qualities.

45. Colors Meanings
Dark Red Passion or Anger
Dark Blue Depression or Sadness
Pink Youth
Light Green Calm
Black Fear
Purple Nobility
mukimi-guma or
suji-guma - the lines
are painted onto an
actor’s face. These
are then smudged to
soften them.

46. KOREAN FACE
MASKS

47. TAL OR T'AL
• Has religious or artistic origins.
• They use it in funeral services to help banish evil spirits
• theatre plays dating back to the prehistoric age.
• used for shamanistic rites and were kept within temples where they were
honored with offerings. By the 12th century, the masks became part of
elaborate dances and dramas.

48. Colors Meanings Example
Black, Red and White
- Bright and vibrant colors
that help establish the
age and race of the figure
Half Red and Half
White mask
- Symbolize the idea that
the wearer has two
fathers, Mr. Red and Mr.
White
Dark-faced mask
- indicates that the
character was born of an
adulterous mother