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ARTS OF EAST
ASIA
JAPAN, CHINA, KOREA

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OBJECTIVES
• Identify the characteristics of arts and
rafts found in China, Japan, and Korea
• Reflect on and derive the mood, idea,
or message emanating from paintings,
paper artworks, face painting and
architecture of China, Japan, and Korea
by comparing their similarities and
differences

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CHINA

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PAINTIN
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In East Asia, the objects or
items that are usually put
into paintings are called
Subjects, Themes or

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Painting Subjects or
Themes
1. flowers and birds
2. landscapes
3. palaces and temples
4. human figures
5. animals
6. bamboos and stones

6.
Important
Aspects
•Landscape Painting- was
regarded as the highest form
of Chinese painting
•Silk- used as a medium to
paint

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•Heaven, Earth and
Humankind (Yin-Yang)
-are the three concepts
-understanding the
pattern of nature and
living in accordance with
it

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Yin-Yang

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Calligraphy

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Calligraphy
•Is the art of beautiful
handwriting.
•Is done with a brush
dipped in black or
colored ink

11.
Roofs in
Traditional
Chinese
Architecture

12.
Peking
Opera Face
Painting

13.
•Peking Opera Face
Painting- is also
known as Jingju Lianpu

14.
Meaning of Colors in Face
Painting

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Note: Gold and
Silver are usually
used for gods and
spirits

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JAPAN

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Painting
-is considered as one
of the oldest and most
highly refined among
the arts of Japan

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Painting Subjects or
Themes
1.Scenes form everyday
life
2.Narrative scenes
crowded with figures
and details

19.
Woodblock
Printing

20.
Woodblock Printing
•is a technique for printing
text, images, or patterns used
widely throughout East Asia.
•it originated in China and was
adapted in Japan during Edo
period (1603-1867)

21.
Ukiyo-e
•the best known and
most popular style of
Japanese art
•“pictures of the floating
world”

22.
Kabuki
Makeup of
Japan

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Kabuki Makeup or
kesho
2 types:
1. standard makeup-
applied to most actors
2. kumadori makeup-
applied to villains and heroes

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Meaning of Color in Makeup
• Dark Red- passion or anger
• Dark Blue- depression or
sadness
• Pink- youth
• Light Green- calm
• Black- fear
• Purple- nobility

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Origami
“ori”- folding
“kami”- paper
-Japanese art of paper
folding
-17th century AD

26.
Calligraphy

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KOREA

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Koryo Period
-the era in Korean paintings that
offers the richest variety and are
the styles most imitated today
Joseon Period
-arts and crafts flourished
during this period

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Painting Subjects or
Themes
1.Landscape paintings
2.Minhwa (traditional folk
painting)
3.Four gracious plants
4.Bamboo
5.Portraits

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Mountain and Water
-are important features
in Korean landscape
painting

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Korean Masks
- or “tal”
- Funeral services
- Theater plays
- Shamanistic rites

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The Roles of Colors in
Masks
1. Black, Red, and White masks-
- bright and vibrant colors that
help establish the age and race
of the figure

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2. Half Red and Half White mask-
- symbolize the idea that the
wearer has two fathers, Mr. Red
and Mr. White

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3. Dark-faced mask
- indicates that the character
was born of an adulterous
mother

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Calligraphy

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Summary
• Nature has always been regarded
as an element of utmost
importance
• Japanese painting and printmaking
depicts scenes from everyday life
• Landscape painting is regarded as
the highest form of painting in
China

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• The invention of paper in China led
to the development of a more
economical medium of painting
and was instrumental in the
development of an aircraft by the
Wright brothers
• Face painting is used in Japan and
China, while mask painting is in
Korea

38.
•The makeup and perfume
worn throughout
performances were highly
significant to the stories
that were being told

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END!