HISTART 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Hanging Scroll, Ink Brush, Guo Xi
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Chill with bob ross - conventions the way we read - how very little the brain requires to turn something into an image. Guo xi - your brain fills in the gaps even though is it hard to perceive the space - your brain fills in the space. Hanging scroll: leave the silk blank for clouds or space. Asians use silk and ink (monochrome) vs european who use oil paint and canvases: light will go through the various layers of paint and reflect things (shiny) - layering colors and light effect. Paul c zanne - different conventions in paint that artists learn. Painting vs picture - evoking the mountain rather than having a clear depiction. The four accomplishments to be mastered by a chinese scholar were: playing the musical instrument qin, the board game weiqi, calligraphy, and painting. Four accomplishments - conventional subjects within the japanese paintings - relative close in time.
