What are the categories of Chinese paintings?

There are many kinds of Chinese paintings, but the representative kinds are mainly as follows:

Figure Painting

Paintings in which the figures are the main subjects are collectively called figure paintings. Figure painting is one of the major painting disciplines in Chinese painting, which is roughly divided into Taoist and Buddhism paintings, ladies' paintings, portrait paintings, custom paintings, historical story paintings and so on. Figure painting strives to portray the character's personality in a realistic and vivid manner. The method of transmitting the spirit of the figure often includes the expression of the character in the rendering of the environment, atmosphere, stature and dynamics. That's why Chinese painting theory also calls figure painting "Transfiguration". There are several methods of expression in figure painting, each with its own strengths, such as: white drawing method, hook filling method, ink splashing method and coloring method.

Shan Shui Paintings

Paintings that depict the natural scenery of mountains and rivers are known as landscape paintings. Commonly known as landscape painting, scenery painting or color ink painting, landscape painting is a specialized art discipline with a long history.

The components of landscape painting include: mountains, water, rocks, trees, houses, houses, platforms, boats, bridges, wind, rain, cloudy, sunny, sunny, snowy, cloudy, foggy, and the climatic features of spring, summer, autumn and winter. The main representatives of landscape paintings are: lime green landscape paintings, light-red landscape paintings and jinbi landscape paintings.

Ink Painting

Ink painting refers to paintings made purely with ink. It has three basic elements: simplicity, symbolism and naturalness. It is said to have begun in the Tang Dynasty, became popular in the Five Dynasties, flourished in the Song and Yuan Dynasties, and developed in the Ming and Qing Dynasties, as well as in recent times. The brushwork is the leading method, giving full play to the function of ink. "Ink is color" means that the change of ink's intensity is the change of color's level, and "ink is divided into five colors" means that colorfulness can be replaced by multi-layered ink chromaticity.

The courtyard painting

The courtyard painting is abbreviated as "courtyard style" and "courtyard painting". Generally refers to the Song Dynasty Hanlin Painting Academy and the subsequent court painters more work all the way to the painting. Also refers exclusively to the Southern Song Painting Academy works, or refers to non-court painters and follow the style of the Southern Song Painting Academy works. This kind of works for catering to the needs of the emperor's court, mostly birds and flowers, landscapes, court life and religious content as the subject, painting pay attention to the law, pay attention to both the shape and the spirit, the style is gorgeous and delicate. Because of the different times and painters are good at different, so the painting style is not the same and each has its own characteristics.

Working Brush Painting

In the Tang Dynasty, working brush painting was already prevalent. Due to the maturity of the painting techniques, coupled with the improvement of the painting materials, brush painting achieved outstanding artistic achievements. The painting was done on silk or rice paper that had been processed with gum and alum.

Literati Painting

Literati painting is also known as "scholar painting". It refers to the paintings made by literati and scholars in feudal China. In order to distinguish it from the paintings of the folk painters and the professional painters of the court academy,

Ink and wash cartoons

Ink and wash cartoons have the characteristics of cartoons in conception, with a wide range of subjects, either satirical or complimentary, but using traditional Chinese ink painting techniques in their presentation, which is also elegant. Compared with general cartoons, ink cartoons have more ornamental value. Its appearance has expanded the field of expression, appreciation and variety of caricatures.

Bird and Flower Painting

Bird and Flower Painting is Chinese painting that mainly depicts plants and animals. The main branches are: flowers, fruits and vegetables, grasses and insects, animals and beasts, and scales. In line with the traditional Chinese aesthetics, it is based on sketching, with allegory and writing as the basis, and focuses on "capturing the creation and transferring the spirit of reverie". According to the different ink and color, it can be divided into ink and wash, splash ink, color, white drawing, boneless and other categories.

New Literati Paintings

New Literati Paintings, also known as "Chinese New Literati Paintings", is a cultural phenomenon that appeared in China's art world in the late 1980s and early 1990s. 1996 Beijing painter Bian Pingshan, together with Fuzhou painter Wang Heping and Hebei painter BeiYu, held a workshop at the "Ping Shan Study House" of Mr. Bian Pingshan. "Ping Shan Study House" to meet and chat, because in the artistic insights and pursuit of many **** the same, so the idea of launching a joint exhibition of Chinese paintings was born. After and Nanjing painter Wang Mengqi, Fang Jun agreed, by Tianjin painter Huo Chunyang in Tianjin Academy of Fine Arts Exhibition Hall to organize the exhibition, which is the "new literati painting" began. Later, painters from all over the country responded and joined in.