The Art of Color Ink on the Fan

The art of color ink is an emerging artistic expression originated from Taiwan in the 1990s.With 16 years of development,this new art form has been recognized by contemporary artists from over 40 countries.The International Color Ink Exhibition is held annually and color ink works have been on display in countries such as USA,Canada,Spain and Mexico.Academic workshops,exchange events and thematic exhibitions have been launched with an aim to facilitate in-depth studies on application of ink and color to soft cloth material.Today,soft cloth material has been widely used by artists of both East and West to     

聆听辰河高腔的魅力

<正>辰州,一个古老的地域名称,一个充斥着巫傩神秘的文化符号,于今已成为湘西地域文化的象征。千里沅水奇在辰河,万代旧梦尽藏湘西。古往今来,这滔滔不尽的辰河水不知创造了多少文明的奇迹,长河上下至今仍回荡着历史千年不绝的绵绵涛声。在这里有一个传唱于辰河流域,五百年生生不息的古老戏种,它的前身甚至可以追溯至远古湘西先民的巫傩演艺,享有"中国戏剧活化石"之     

敦煌墨池

黄昏，出了敦煌市区，走过党河大桥，向西走去。道路依然宽阔，但灯火却渐渐寥落。成片的玉米高梁在哗哗作响。     

云南“纸马”艺术源流探析

在民间日常生活中,＂神＂作为人想象幻化的单一或诸多事物灵魂的主宰,无具体形象可言。然而在对神的敬祀供奉活动中,人们却需要一个可资参拜敬祀的物质对象,由此,     

四堡书坊

在福建连城冠豸山下，有一四堡乡，仍保存有完整的雕板印刷化古迹。     

汉画：穿越古今的大美

汉画,特指产生于两千多年前的汉代画像石、砖艺术。这种艺术形式,是伴随着汉代经济和政治的稳定兴起的,而它的最直接原因是当时的厚葬之风。汉画像石最普遍存在的场所是石质的墓室和棺椁中,也有小部分在祭祀祠堂或石阙的壁上。这些装饰于幽室之中、陪伴亡灵的大量神秘画像,其内容的丰富远远超过世间万象,造型风格之豪迈、诡奇也是前所未有的。     

Liu Guosong:a Landmark of Modern Ink Painting

The solo exhibitionLiu Guosong:Eighty Years of Creationwas recently on view at the National Art Museum of China.In retrospective,Liu Guosong's career has been closely associated with artistic explorations.     

翟氏泥活字型号说

据沈括《梦溪笔谈》记载，我国北宋庆历年间布衣毕异发明了泥活字，从而成为世界上第一个发明泥活字也是第一个发明活字印刷术的人。在他之后，据张秀民先生《中国活字印刷史》考证，宋代的周必大、元初杨古以及清乾隆间吕抚、道光时李瑶、翟金生等，均制造或使用过泥活字印刷。世事沧桑，迭经荣悴，时至今日，     

徽州墨商世家:婺源虹关詹氏

笔墨纸砚文房四宝，为旧时读书人所不可或缺。比四件中，各以徽墨、湖笔、宣纸与端观为最佳，同为古代书画创作所必需。     

Wood Print:Qidong''''s Proud Name Card

Qidong, located at the Yangtze River estuary, is known not only for its flourishing sea-oriented economy, but also for its diverse cultural life. Dubbed as "hometown of wood print", Qidong saw the rapid development of the new wood print movement in the 1930s initiated by great Chinese writer Lu Xun and modern wood print pioneer Xu Jingbai. "Wood Chips", an amateurish wood carving workshop founded in the 1950, was among the earliest woodprint artist groups of new China. Based on this worksh…     

Art Achievements of Ink Painter Fu Yiyao

Fu Yiyao is well known among the Chinese fine artists who live in Japan, She was born in 1947. As tine daughter of Fu Baoshi, a world-renowned Chinese fine arts master, shereceived good education from her father, In 1979, she traveled to Japan furthering her study on arts, and 1981 witnessed her success in that country where the artist competed for an international quality and a sense of eastern aesthetics,     

Paper Package Shows Charm of an Old Tea Brand

In today＇s era when sophisticated package is valued for the promotion of products, hand-packing in century-old shops, simple but skillful, reminds customers of the nostalgic past.     

Grandeur and Purity of Heavy-color Ink Painting

<正>Mongolian painter Wu Xingkuan is generally recognized as an outstanding contemporary artist in heavy-color ink painting. He learned in     

Ancient Ink Stick Collection of the Palace Museum

The Palace Museum, built on the site of the Forbidden City in Beijing, has a collection of some 80,000 study objects, including writing brushes, ink sticks, ink slabs and paper.Many of them are high-quality ink sticks made during the Ming and Qing dynasties [1368-1911）. These ink sticks are categorized into such types as imperial ink sticks [made by court workshops], tribute ink sticks [presented to emperors by local officials], ink sticks made by workshops in Huizhou, ink sticks made by elite scholars, ink stick sets and colored ink sticks.     

Wenjin Block Printing Museum: A Cultural Landmark of Beijing

<正>A Western saying has it that "Printing, the mother of progress". Dr. Sun Yat-sen, founder of China’s modern democracy, noted in The Plan for Industrial Devel...     

Sculpture of Tang-Dynasty Polo Adds Oriental Charm to Olympic Green

The group sculpture of Tang-Dynasty polo, located in the No. 7 square in the sunken courtyard in the central section of the Olympic Green in Beijing adds flavor of Chinese classical art to the public space featuring Chinese elements, thanks to its realistic style, spectacular size and refined artistry Standing on the axis line of the Olympic Green, the group sculpture is considered an outstanding public artwork depicting ancient sport.     

忘形得意,生相随心——关于“心境水墨艺术”

艺术是艺术家的心灵写照,这是古往今来所有艺术家的共同认识.水墨艺术自然也不例外,应该是艺术家心灵境界的展现. 水墨艺术作为世界美术的一个独特画种,有着数千年的发展历程.一部中国绘画史其实就是一个由对物象的形体临写逐步到解脱形体禁锢的过程.中国绘画很早就形成独特的渊源,新石器时代的岩画与仰韶文化的装饰性彩陶纹饰,反映当时...     

虬村黄氏刻书之始

<正>在我国雕版印书史上,明代徽州刻本有相当重要的地位。徽州刻书的历史自南宋始,至明初已有相当规模,刻工多集中在歙县、休宁两地,而尤以歙县虬村黄氏为著。