The use of dragons in Chinese art goes back as far as the Chinese civilization itself. Depictions of this creature can be found in practically every medium, from sculpture to paintings.

Hosokawa went to Beijing in November 2019 to study dragon paintings by Chen Rong, a Chinese painter from the Southern Song dynasty, and also visited temples in Kyoto and Shiga prefectures to ...

NOVA: The dragon seems to be a popular motif in Chinese art. What is its significance ... In my high-school years I learned surrealist paintings. I especially liked Paul Klee.

For the Dragon Boat Festival, people also shoot arrows and hang portraits of Zhong Kui. According to The History in the Jin Dynasty• Ceremonies (Jin Shi•Li Zhi), in the fifth day of the fifth ...

Ever wonder why Chinese art brims with phoenixes, tigers and snake-like dragons? Where do the styles we think of today as distinctly Chinese come from?” The exhibition’s artifacts belong to ...

Chinese artists from the Republican era (1911-1949) experimented with their traditional ink painting ... splendid dragon-and-phoenix crown, symbols reserved for the emperor and empress. The Virgin ...

Some people call them dragons ... Chinese dances. We have the Korean fan dance,” she said. “We have musicians, K-pop performers, and there’s tai chi.” There will be vendors, food and art.

Widely recognized for her large, painterly depictions of traditional and contemporary Chinese women, children, and refugees in muted, earthy hues, Hung began producing art in the early 1970s, ...

Even a ferocious dragon on ... before the painting was removed. Temple officials said the painting came off apparently due to aging. “The picture is more than a piece of art, it means a lot ...