1. Quarter 2-Grade 8 Arts-Week2

2.  identifies characteristics of arts and crafts in
specific countries in East Asia: China (Chinese
painting and calligraphy); Japan (origami,
woodblock printing, theater masks, face
painting, and anime and manga); and Korea
(theater masks, drums, and K-pop) (A8EL-IIa2)

3. Answer the
following
questions:
1.What are the common
subjects or themes of
Japan, Korea and
China?
2.What are their
similarities? How about
its differences?

5. CONCEPT MAP With the same group, make a concept map and write
three words that will describe each .
COUNTRY
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7. According to Google’s dictionary, it is a feature
or quality belonging typically to a person,
place, or thing and serving to identify it.

8.  It was regardedas the highest form of Chinese
painting.
 They also consider the three concepts of their arts:
Earth, Heaven and Humankind (Yin-Yang).Chinese
society is basicallyagricultural. It has always laid
great stress on understanding the pattern of nature
and living in accordancewith it.
 Orientalartists often created landscapesrather
than paintings with the human figure as subjects

9.  It was often used as the medium to paint upon, but it
was quite expensive.
 When the Han court eunuch, Cai Lun, inventedthe
paper in the 1st Century AD, it providednot only a
cheap and widespreadmedium for writing, but
paintingalso becamemore economical.

10.  The ideologies of Confucianism, Daoism,and
Buddhismplayedimportant roles in East Asian art.
 Chinese art expressesthe human understanding of
the relationship between nature and human. It is
evident in the form of paintingof landscapes,
bamboo, birds, and flowers, etc. Thisis calledthe
metaphysical–the Daoist aspect of Chinese painting.

11. Xie He who was a writer, art historian
and critic in 5th century China
established the Six Principles of
Chinese Painting.
1. Observe rhythm and movements .
2. Leave spaces for the eyes to rest
3. Use brush in calligraphy
4. Use colors correctly
5. Live up to tradition by copying the master’s
artwork.
6. Copy the correct proportion of the objects and
nature.

12.  Mountain and Water are importantfeatures in
Korean landscape painting. It is a site for building
temples and buildings.
 Landscape painting represents both a portrayal
of nature itself and a codified illustration of the
human view of nature and the world.

13. Calligraphy- It is the art of
beautifulhandwriting. The following are it
characteristics.

14. 1. It involves the same techniques as in traditionalpainting.
2. It is done with a brush dipped in black or colored ink.
3. It does not use oils.
4. It has a strong linear focus which the features are conveyed
primarily with thin, sharply-defined lines.
5. Paper and silk are its popular materials which paintings are
also made of.
6. Poets write their calligraphy on their paintings.

15. Logographs. These (ancient writing symbols) are
engraved on the shoulder bones of large animals and on
tortoise shells.
Jiaguwen. It (Chinese: “bone-and-shell script”) is
pictographic script found on oracle bones.
Cangjie. He is the legendary inventor of Chinese writing.
He got his ideas from observing animals’ footprints and
birds’ claw marks on the sand as well as other natural
phenomena.

17.  It is a 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.
 It was a method adapted in Japan during the Edo period
(1603-1867) and became one of their oldest and most highly
developed visual arts.
 It is most common theme in Japan for printmaking which
describes scenes from everyday life.
 It narrates the scene and is often packed with figures and
detail.

18.  It means "pictures of the floating
world”.
 It is best known and a most popular
style of Japanese art, which also It
is related to the style of woodblock
print making that shows scenes of
harmony and carefree everyday
living.
 It was produced in a diversity of
different media, including painting.
 It became an art domain of the
upper classes and royalty but later
was also produced by the common
people.

19. Identify the characteristics
of the following artwork:
ARTS AND CRAFTS CHARACTERISTICS
Chinese
Calligraphy
Japanese
Woodcarving
Korean
Painting