Asian Art: China and Korea Answers
What dynasty is the above silk painting from?
Ming Dynasty
What unusual credentials did the artist of the painting above possess?
Answers may vary. He was a high official in the arts and in the Chinese government.
Describe the technique the artist used in the image above.
Answers will vary. He used a dry brush technique in which ink is applied to a dry brush allowing the paper to show through.
What makes the figures in the above image recognizably Korean?
Answers may vary. The women have short jackets and full skirts and the men have wide-brimmed black hats and white beards.
What was a court painting?
A painting created for the emperor and his court, usually formal and detailed
Why did the artist put calligraphy near the figure in the painting above?
Answers will vary. To seem as if the figure were projecting his thoughts.
The “spirit of ___________” was an important aspect of literati painting.
How does the artist emphasize the importance of the figure in the image above?
The small figure stands alone on a high cliff, isolated against the vast empty space of sky and mountains, drawing the viewer's eye to it as the focal point of contemplation.
What is a zither?
A stringed musical instrument
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