Wednesday, January 28, 2009

Chinese Paintings and Art




One of the interesting things about Chinese paintings and art is the incredible span of time that we can view. The example on the left is from 706 A.D. It is the mural of Li Xian's tomb and dates back to the Tang Dynasty.








There are a lot of famous Chinese paintings and works of art dedicated to landscapes. One of my all time favorite Chinese painting is seen here on the right of the screen. It is a landscape painting by Zhao Wei. This painting is much much more recent the the mural at the top of the post. Zhao Wei himself was born in 1957! More then a thousand years after the mural from the Tang Dynasty. I find it important to see how the Chinese paintings and art has prevailed throughout times.

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