art of china and korea
Key Ideas
Chinese landscape painters intentionally avoid the kind of scientific linear perspective that developed in Europe during the Renaissance. The long, painted scrolls with panoramic views that the Chinese developed defy the use of single-point perspective, encouraging the viewer instead to wander and become lost in the natural setting. Scrolls were unrolled bit by bit, allowing the viewer to "travel" through the scene as it was gradually revealed, similar to the way in which we experience a landscape as we drive by it in a car.
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History
Read the article on Chinese landscape painting
In what ways does Chinese landscape painting differ from that of the European tradition? What similarities exist? Use paintings from at least three periods of Chinese art and three periods of European art for your analysis.
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