What are the characteristics of paintings in Qing Dynasty and Ming Dynasty?

Under the influence of politics, economy, ideology and culture at that time, China's paintings in Qing Dynasty showed a specific style of the times. Scroll painting has continued the trend since Yuan and Ming Dynasties, with literati painting prevailing, landscape painting flourishing and ink painting freehand brushwork prevailing. Literati painting presents two trends: worshipping the past and innovating. They have different pursuits in subject matter, ideological interest, pen and ink skills and so on, forming many styles and schools. Palace painting also made great progress in Kanggan period, showing a new look of the former courtyard. The achievements of folk painting are most prominent in New Year pictures and printmaking, showing an unprecedented prosperity.

In the history of painting in China, the painting style of Ming Dynasty changed repeatedly, and the painting school flourished. In the category and theme of painting, traditional figure painting, landscape painting and flower island painting are popular, and the plum, orchid, bamboo and miscellaneous paintings painted by literati ink operas are also quite developed. As far as art schools are concerned, there are many painting schools that are geographically centered or differentiated by style. Academically, there are mainly court painting schools and Zhejiang painting schools that inherit the painting style of the Southern Song Dynasty, and Wumen School, Songjiang School and Susong School that develop the tradition of literati painting. In terms of painting methods, ink landscape and freehand brushwork flowers and birds have flourished and made remarkable achievements, and figure painting has also appeared unique new features such as deformed figures and ink bones painting portraits.