The Meaning and Color in Chinese Painting

Author: Han Jingwei
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Publish Date: 2002-01-01
Features: The color expression in Chinese painting discussed in this book is also formed its own special expression under this aesthetic pursuit. It is a planar expression, based on color and shape changes, and uses the technique of color juxtaposition. In symbolic, typified, and decorative color expressions, it establishes a significant difference between Eastern visual patterns and Western painting's color expression. Under the illumination of Chinese philosophical thought, the color expression in Chinese painting never aims at objective color reproduction but instead achieves a humanized color expression through symbolic and expressive means.