Chinese Buddhist painting

Chinese Buddhist Painting

• Found in the age of Three Kingdoms (220 - 265 AD ) at the Wu kingdom, which is located in the southeast China.

• “Cao Buxing” is the founder of Chinese Buddhism Paintings.

Three Kingdoms (220 - 265 AD)

Cao Buxing (曹不興 )- The painter of Eastern Wu ( Ruled by Sun

Quan ).- Father of Chinese Buddhist painting.- Famous in drawing dragon, horse, tiger, and

human portraits. - Sun Quan build a temple for Kang Shanghui

Eastern Jin (317 - 420)

Wei Xie (衛協 )- Apprentice of Cao Buxing - Export in painting god and Buddha- One of the painting sage

Liu Song (420 - 479)

Lu Tanwei (陸探微 )- Export in painting portraits- palace painter for the empire

South Dynasty, Liang (505 - 557)

Zhang Sengyou (張僧繇 )- Export in drawing portrait and Buddhism

paintings- Most of paintings are frescos and murals- Come out a Different style then Lu Tanwei

and Cao Buxing- Zhang style • "Sparse character”picture with out bones• The used of color create a sense of 3 dimension

< Snow Mountain and Red Tree >

Northern Qi (550 - 577)

Cao Zhongda (曹仲達 ) - From central Asia - Export in portraits and clay - Cao Style• Clothes are tight with Dense thin lines • Like wearing on a wet clothe • This style directly influence Sui, Tang and Song Chinese

Buddhist painters.

Tang Dynasty (618 - 907)

Wu Daozi (吳道子 )- Expert in Buddhist paintings and portraits- Most of his paintings are fresco and murals- Wu style

- Cloths and sleeves are loose

Buddhist painting before Tang Dynasty (618 - 907) , reflects solemn Buddha and bodhisattva with calm and quiet looks.

After Song Dynasty, literati painting become flourished, which make Chinese Buddhist painting divided into two schools. One inherited the Old rule and another to uninhibited treacherous.

Song Dynasty (960 - 1279)

Li Gonglin (李公麟 )- Export in portrait, Buddhist, Taoism, and

horse painting.- Paint with lines which is called the “white

sketch.”- His style was influence by Wu daozi

Song Dynasty (960 - 1279)

Liang Kia (梁楷 ) - Expert in painting land scape and portraits- The most famous for developing the “Xie

Yi”painting. - Evoke the subject with minimal details.

Ming Dynasty (1368 - 1644)

Ding Yunpeng (丁雲鵬 ) - Expert at painting portrait and Buda- His style was influence by the Wen school.

Qing Dynasty (1644 - 1911)

Ding Guanpeng (丁觀鵬 )- He study oil painting - Spend about 50 year in Palace painting

academy.- Expert in painting Buddhist and landScape- Paint in 3D

Chinese Buddhist Painting in our current world

• Combination of Eastern and Western style

• Some times with cartoon characters• More idealized Buddhist painting

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