- Buy Chinese Flowers, Birds and Animals Painting -
During the 9th century, a separate genre of flower and bird paintings evolved with included detailed paintings of birds, fruits, insects and flowers, some of these works are incredibly detailed and lively, Chinese paintings are created using brush pens made of a penholder and a pen head. The penholder is usually made of bamboo or wood, while the pen head is made of animal hair – typically wolf or sheep. The brush heads are soft and flexible, and match well with the style of Chinese paintings. Generally, only black ink is used in Chinese paintings and delicate silk and paper are used as the ‘canvases’ in Chinese paintings.
The "flower and bird" genre of painting flourished in Song China beginning with the patronage of the emperor Huizong (reigned 1101–25), who was himself an accomplished artist, and whose Finches and Bamboo is on view. Chinese court painters specialized in vividly naturalistic and meticulously rendered depictions of the plants and animals found in the imperial gardens. |
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