Oriental Painting•Chinese painting began 2,000 years ago
•Artists painted on silk or paper
•Used brush and ink•Painted from memory
Oriental Painting•Hand Scrolls – rolled up. Read
right to left.
•Hanging Scrolls – vertical. Primarily seasonal landscapes. Read from bottom to top.
•Album Leafs – small nature paintings. Bound together in book form.
Kimono•Traditional
Oriental costume
•Designed to match the season or occassion
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Pagoda
•Odd numbers – good luck
•Roofs turned upward to deflect evil spirits
http://www.glasssteelandstone.com/Images/US/PA/Pagoda-002.jpg
Mountains and Mist•Alive with
inner force•Dragon liars•Mist and
clouds•Hourney
through life – read bottom to top www.zymoglyphic.org/links/photography.html
Yin Yang
•Good and evil forces in the universe
http://imagecache2.allposters.com/images/pic/LPG/50048~Yin-Yang-Posters.jpg
Panda
•Playful innocence
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/Giant_Panda_2004-03-2.jpg/220px-thumb.jpg
Lotus Blossom
•Purity•Summer•Water Lily
http://www.hayesgalleries.com/Photographs_by_John_Hayes_files/Water%20Lillies%209b%205-23_2%20web.jpg
Butterfly
•Freedom•Prosperity•Success
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Cairns_birdwing_-_melbourne_zoo.jpg