Color in Chinese culture

Caleb Richey 11-23-15 Ancient Art 101 Professor Sandra Johnson Jade Cong: Bowers Museum The Jade Cong is a detailed piece of art that is composed of two different colors—a grey and a green sort of color (jade). The green section of this piece is circular with a square area on the sides of the “Cong”. In addition, this circular section of the piece represents the heavens while the square part represents the planet Earth. This is a solid piece of art that is about an inch thick and fully designed…

Chinese painting has changed and evolved throughout Chinese history. An noticeable example is calligraphy. Calligraphy is a style of Chinese painting using fine penmanship and ink work. Originally calligraphy was once its art work alone. It wasn 't until later one the evolution of painting where you can see calligraphy used tied together with other styles and techniques of painting. Chinese painting is one of the oldest continuous artistic traditions in the world. Han Dynasty The Han…

May’s Connection With Her Culture and Dead Mother in A Pair Of Ticket. Amy Tan is an American author of the novels who writes about Chinese American women and her experience with different cultures. Amy Tan was born on February 19, 1952, in Oakland, California. She grew up in California and in Switzerland. She studied English and linguistics at San Jose State University and the University of California. Amy Tan was a successful business writer, in 1987 when she took her Chinese immigrant mother…

similar things at this point thus she start to accept all the things that represent Chinese culture. Not to mention when Lili, Jing Mei’s young cousin poses for a picture, Jing Mei describes her pose: “…in the manner of a fashion model…”(186 Tan), indicating that her Chinese family is more Americans than she expects making her Chinese family isn’t actually different from her. She also discover more about her Chinese family when her father to spare a time to tell a story about her mother’s…

quotidian lives, but also deeply into their cultures and art. This trend was especially common in rich and influential people for they were more superstitious and concerned of their social ranks. Gourds and peonies in particular, represent auspiciousness and wealth in Chinese cultures. In Shanghai Museum’s exhibition, bottle-gourds and peonies appeared repetitively in numerous artworks across dynasties which demonstrated their incomparable importance to Chinese civilization. Because of their…

Wu Guanzhong is a contemporary Chinese artist was born on August 29, 1919 and died on June 25, 2010. His works emphasize form and artistic conception through a combination of western and eastern aesthetics. In general, western art focuses on objective and established facts. However, eastern art pays more attention to mood. Wu shows both aspects in his work. Furthermore, Wu explored how to make oil paintings fit Chinese nationalization and the modernization of Chinese Painting. To answer these…

behaviors, like wearing a certain clothes color, choosing the right type of a casket, crying, and a certain cooking pattern. Certain rituals of expressing the sadness help to provide the necessary support from the community or family relatives and friends. Despite the fact of each culture has its own ceremony to deal with death of loved one, the feeling of sorrow is the same regardless the ethnic background. Noticeably, both eastern and western cultures when somebody dies, most of the family…

predominantly white country, is already challenging for people of color, especially while facing the feeling of not belonging in society. It is especially hard for people of color who already stand out from the other people around them because they might be the only person from their race in their neighborhood or community. Because these people already feel like an outcast, they may develop a feeling of shame in themselves or culture due to the fact that they are different from everyone else.…

front side of my bookmark, I drew a purple Pica pica on the top right corner. In my culture, Pica pica is a symbol of lucky and happiness in my culture. If some people can hear a Pica pica chirped in front of them, it means they will be lucky during the entire day. Thus, Pica pica attracted people’s attention very easy, and this is the reason why I colored the Pica pica on my bookmark by purple, the most charming color. I chose Pica pica to be the biggest symbol on my bookmark because I hope I…

juices flowing. It was hard trying to capture and promote a design that not only targeted young adults but also teenagers. In my dusk jacket I wanted to display the racial and stereotypical profiling of minorities. I also wanted to incorporate Chinese culture. Contemplating an idea for book jacket cover was very difficult. I did not know what I wanted my cover to look like. So, I did some research. Looked at book jackets and decided how I wanted mine to be original but still appeal to the same…