Chinese painting — guohua — spans 6,000 years, from Neolithic pottery to contemporary ink artists. Unlike Western art's focus on realism, Chinese painting emphasizes spirit, with blank space as meanin
Chinese painting — guohua — spans 6,000 years, from Neolithic pottery to contemporary ink artists. Unlike Western art's focus on realism, Chinese painting emphasizes spirit, with blank space as meanin
Chinese brush painting, or Shuimo Huania, uses brush, ink, and water on rice paper to capture the spirit of subjects from mountain landscapes to bamboo, operating on the principle that art captures qi