- Bird-and-flower painting
Bird-and-flower painting (
Traditional Chinese : 花鳥畫,Simplified Chinese : 花鸟画 huāniǎo-huà, Japanese: 花鳥画 kachō-ga, literally 'flower-bird painting') is a kind of Chinese painting named after its subject matter. Normally, most bird-and-flower paintings belong to the scholar-artist style of Chinese painting.ubjects
According Chinese tradition, bird-and-flower painting covers "flowers, birds, fish, and insects" (Traditional Chinese: 花鳥魚蟲, Simplified Chinese: 花鸟鱼虫 "huā, niǎo, yú, chóng"). It can thus deal with a wide range of natural topics, including flowers (plants), fish, insects, birds, pets (dogs, cats) etc.
Varieties
According to painting technique:
*"Ink and Wash Painting" (水墨花鸟画/水墨花鸟画)Representatives:
Lin Liang (:zh:林良|林良),Qi Baishi (齐白石),Zhang Daqian (张大千)*"Fine-brush" (工笔花鸟/工笔花鸟画)
**Fine-brush with Ink and Wash Painting (工笔水墨/兼工带水墨)
Representatives:
Lin Liang (林良),Ren Yi (任颐),Zhang Daqian (张大千)
**Fine-brush with Colour (工彩)*** Fine-brush with Heavy Colour (工笔重彩)
*** Fine-brush with Light Colour (工笔淡彩)
Representatives: Emperor Huizong (赵佶),
Lü Ji (吕纪),Lin Liang (林良),Zhang Daqian (张大千)*"Freehand Style" (写意花鸟/写意花鸟画)
**Great Freehand Style (大写意)
**Slight Freehand Style (小写意)Representatives:
Tang Yin (唐寅),Xu Wei (徐渭),Wu Changshuo (吴昌硕),Ren Yi (任颐),Zhang Daqian (张大千)*"Fine-brush with Freehand Style" (兼工带写)
Representatives:
Lin Liang (林良),Tang Yin (唐寅),Zhang Daqian (张大千)
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