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    East Asian arts have a long history of influence across countries. Key themes in East Asian paintings include landscapes, heaven, earth, and humanity. Materials like silk and paper were commonly used. Chinese painting is closely related to calligraphy and done with ink rather than oils. Origami and woodblock printing are traditional Japanese arts of paper folding and printing. Face painting traditions include Chinese opera makeup, Japanese Kabuki makeup, and Korean masks, which use stylized designs and colors to represent characters.

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    East Asian arts have a long history of influence across countries. Key themes in East Asian paintings include landscapes, heaven, earth, and humanity. Materials like silk and paper were commonly used. Chinese painting is closely related to calligraphy and done with ink rather than oils. Origami and woodblock printing are traditional Japanese arts of paper folding and printing. Face painting traditions include Chinese opera makeup, Japanese Kabuki makeup, and Korean masks, which use stylized designs and colors to represent characters.

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    East Asian arts have a long history of influence across countries. Key themes in East Asian paintings include landscapes, heaven, earth, and humanity. Materials like silk and paper were commonly used. Chinese painting is closely related to calligraphy and done with ink rather than oils. Origami and woodblock printing are traditional Japanese arts of paper folding and printing. Face painting traditions include Chinese opera makeup, Japanese Kabuki makeup, and Korean masks, which use stylized designs and colors to represent characters.

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    EAST ASIAN ARTS

    Ma’am Melanie Nina Cullar-Clarete


    The history of Eastern painting is as old as the
    civilization of China. It is historically comparable to
    Western painting. Eastern countries continued to
    influence each other’s production of arts over the
    centuries. These are the common subjects /motifs/theme
    in the painting of East Asia.
    JAPAN
    CHINA
    Landscape painting was regarded as the highest form of Chinese
    painting. Three concept
    Chinese Arts
    Heaven, Earth and Human
    ( YinYang). The important aspects
    in East Asian Arts. Silk was often
    used as the medium paint upon, but
    it was quite expensive.
    Cai Lun invented paper in the 1st
    century A.D. The invention of
    paper not only cheap and
    widespread medium for writing but
    painting became more economical.
    Painting is closely related to
    Calligraphy among the Chinese people. It is art
    of beautiful handwriting. Traditional paintings
    involve essentially the same techniques as
    calligraphy and is done with a brush dipped in
    black or colored ink, oils
    are not used.
    Origami
    The term Origami came from “ori” meaning
    “folding”,and “kami” means “paper ”. It is the
    traditional Japanese art of paper folding, which started in
    the 17th century AD. The earlier showing paper folding
    is a picture of Tractatus de Sphaera Mundi from 1460 by
    Johannes de Sacrobosco.
    Woodblock painting is
    technique for printing
    text, images or patterns
    used widely throughout
    East Asia. It became
    one of the oldest and
    most highly developed
    visual arts.
    Peking Opera face painting of China

    Jingju Lianpu is done with different colors in


    accordance with the performances characters’
    personality and historical assessment. The Hero type
    characters are normally painted in relatively simple
    colors, whereas enemies, bandits, rebels and others have
    more complicated designs on their faces. It is a
    traditional special way of painting in Chinese operas in
    pursuit of the expected effect of performance.
    Originally, Lianpu is called the false mask.
    Kabuki Make-Up of Japan
    – or Kesho is already in itself an interpretation of the actor’s own
    role through the medium of the facial features. On stage, this
    interpretation becomes a temporalization of makeup in
    collaboration with the audience. Kabuki Make up is also another
    way of face painting which has two types :
    1. Standard Make up – applied to most actors.
    2. Kumadori Make up – applied to villains and heroes.
    It is composed of very dramatic lines and shapes using
    colors that represent certain qualities.
    Korean Mask
    is called tal or t’al , originated with
    religious meaning just like the mask
    of other countries which also have
    religious or artistic origins. Korea
    has rich history of masks.

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