Overview of East Asian Arts

False (B)

Standard makeup and kumadori makeup

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<p>Zhu Wen = Green - Impulsive and violent Lian Po = Purple - Uprightness and cool-headedness Jiang Gan = Chou - Mean and secretive Kabuki Makeup = Kumadori - Villains and heroes</p> Signup and view all the answers

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<p>Silk</p> Signup and view all the answers

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<p>Scenes from everyday life (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>China = Flowers and Birds Japan = Narrative scenes Korea = Four Gracious Plants</p> Signup and view all the answers

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<p>From Japanese words meaning 'folding paper' (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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<p>A type of silver or gold ingot currency used in China.</p> Signup and view all the answers

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<p>Imitation gold sycees (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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<p>Animals (or flowers, birds, fish, geometric shapes, dolls)</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Origami = Japan Sycee = China Jianzhi = China Kite Making = China</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Animals' footprints and birds' claw marks (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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<p>Red = Devotion and loyalty Yellow = Fierceness and ambition Black = Justice and stability White = Treacherous and cunning</p> Signup and view all the answers

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The objects, themes, or motifs depicted in East Asian paintings, encompassing animals, people, landscapes, and the environment.

Common subjects in Chinese paintings include flowers, birds, landscapes, palaces, temples, human figures, animals, bamboo, and stones.

Japanese paintings often feature everyday life scenes and narrative scenes with numerous figures and details.

Korean paintings include landscapes, Minhwa (Korean folk paintings), Four Gracious Plants, bamboo, and portraits.

Landscape painting.

Nature, Heaven, and humankind (Yin-Yang) are key concepts.

Silk, often expensive, and later, widely available paper.

Korean painting first emerged as an independent art form around 108 C.E., influenced by Chinese practices.

Figurines placed at the tips of sweeping roofs in East Asian architecture, believed to ward off evil spirits and protect against the elements.

A type of roof in East Asian architecture characterized by curved edges that rise at the corners, often used for temples and palaces.

A roof style with two or more sections of incline, typically used for residences of wealthy Chinese.

A simple roof style with a single incline, common in traditional Chinese architecture due to its economical design.

A printing technique used widely in East Asia for texts, images, and patterns, considered one of their oldest and most developed visual arts.

A popular style of Japanese art, meaning "pictures of the floating world", often depicting scenes of everyday life and harmony.

A traditional form of make-up in Chinese opera, using different colors to represent characters' personalities and roles.

A red color used in face-painting to symbolize devotion, courage, bravery, uprightness, and loyalty.

A green face in Chinese Opera indicates a character who is impulsive, violent, and lacks self-restraint.

A black face in Chinese Opera can symbolize either a rough and bold character or an impartial and selfless personality.

A purple face in Chinese Opera indicates a just and noble character. A reddish purple face signifies uprightness and cool-headedness.

White faces in Chinese Opera are often associated with treachery, suspiciousness, and craftiness.

Kabuki makeup has two main types: standard makeup applied to most actors, and kumadori makeup applied to villains and heroes.

Kabuki makeup uses colors to symbolize emotions: dark red = passion or anger, dark blue = depression or sadness, pink = youth, light green = calm, black = fear, purple = nobility.

Black, red, and white are vibrant colors in Korean masks that help establish the age and race of the figure.

A half red, half white mask symbolizes that the wearer has two fathers, Mr. Red and Mr. White.

A type of silver or gold ingot currency used in China until the 20th century. The name comes from Cantonese words meaning 'fine silk.'

It's the traditional Japanese art of paper folding, combining 'ori' meaning 'folding' and 'kami' meaning 'paper.'

The first type of paper cutting design, prevalent in China, using cut-outs to decorate doors and windows.

Traditionally, kites were made with silk fabric stretched over a resilient bamboo frame.

Imitation gold sycees are used as a symbol of prosperity by Chinese people, often displayed during Chinese New Year.

The earliest depiction of paper folding is a small paper boat in a 1490 book by Johannes de Sacrobosco.

They were used during Shinto weddings to represent the bride and groom, highlighting paper folding's importance in Japanese ceremonies.

Decorative paper cuttings, often featuring pagodas and other good luck symbols, believed to attract good fortune and ward off evil spirits.