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Historic chinese 6 Dragons painting sold for 49million USDollars. It"s a very long scroll: 34.3 x 440.4 cm so most pictures are just showing 1 of the six dragons, see: http://www.christies.com/lotfinder/paintings/chen-rong-as-catalogued-in-shiqu-6061275-details.aspx
Here we are starting a little dictionary showing Simplified and Traditional Chinese characters (where different) Pinyin and English.
Key words
畫 / 画 Huà painting
法 Fǎ method/technique
詩 / 诗 poetry
書法 / 书法 Shūfǎ Calligraphy
正體字/正体字 Zhèngtǐzì Traditional script or 繁體字/繁体字 Fántĭzì “complicated” characters
篆書 zhuànshū Seal Script隸書 / 隶书 lìshū Clerical Script行書 / 行书 xíngshū semi-cursive or running script楷書 / 楷书 kǎishū regular script简化字 jiǎnhuàzì or 简体字 jiǎntǐzì – Simplified characters草書 / 草书 cǎoshū “grass” or quick/rough cursive script
Materials
米紙／米纸 mǐzhǐ Rice paper: misleading generic name since the high quality paper uses tree bark as the primary ingredient.
宣紙 / 宣紙 xuānzhǐ Xuan paper, sometimes written in English as “Shuen” paper main ingredient is Qing tan bark
青檀 / 青檀 Qīng tán botanical name Pteroceltis tatarinowii also known as Wingceltis or blue sandalwood in English, and secondary ingredient
稻草 Dàocǎo rice straw
龙须草 / 龍鬚草 “Dragon beard grass” Eulaliopsis binata also known as Chinese alpine rush used for some sized papers
In other areas such as Wenzhou and Japan paper is made using paper mulberry and in Sichuan bamboo.
生宣 shēng xuān “Raw” Xuan – unsized / unprocessed paper
熟宣 shú xuān, has 明矾 Míngfán Potassium alum worked into it during production, which results in a stiffer texture, a reduced ability to absorb water, and less resistance to shear stress
半熟宣 bàn shú xuān “half-cooked” semi-sized paper
毛筆/毛笔 máo bǐ Ink brush
宣筆/宣笔 Xuān bǐ Xuan brush
徽墨 Huīmò – ink from the historical 徽州 Huīzhōu region, one half of what is now安徽 ĀnHuī province, near 黄山 Huangshan (Yellow Mountain).
松烟 Song Yan matt black ink from pine soot
油烟墨 Youyan Mo black ink from oil soot
歙砚 Shè yàn inkstone from Shexian, Huizhou in Anhui province
Painting styles
水墨 Shuǐmò / in Japanese sumi-e (墨絵) or suibokuga (水墨画), in Korean sumukhwa (수묵화), and in Vietnamese tranh thủy mặc (幀水墨). In English known as ink wash painting or Chinese brush painting
山水 shān shuǐ “Mountain water” Chinese landscape painting, and related style of poetry
The Master of Color, by Feng Xiaomin, France-based Chinese painter, comese to Shanghai Jing"an Sculpture Park Art Center http://www.shanghaidaily.com/feature/art-and-culture/Feng-Xiaomins-love-of-colors-on-show/shdaily.shtml
Zhang Ding - 30 paintings celebrate ink master in new show: http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/culture/art/2017-03/03/content_28420313.htm (show in National Art Museum of China and 7 of them online here)
Wednesday, March 8, 2017
Xu Bing The Artist Rejecting East-West and Old-New Dichotomies http://www.sixthtone.com/news/artist-rejecting-east-west-old-new-dichotomies/ article spotted published on wechat networks today
