Sunflower | 向日葵
[Painting Inspriation]
‘Seal script’ （篆书）with Gongbi （工笔画）
7in x 5in (17.8cm x12.7cm), complete in 2021, Orlando, Florida, USA.
We would like to introduce the name of ‘sunflower’ in mandarin : 向日葵 xiàng rì kuí (pin yin).
We use seal script on this painting to show our highly respect of original ancient Chinese character. Seal script is used by Qin Shi Huang unified script in China.
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[Painting You Will Receive]
An original Chinese painting on Chinese rice paper without photo frame but with a black photo mat board only.
The Painting Designed for Simple Photo Frame Size as below:
You also can choose to purchase a frame in our gallery.
Painting Dimensions
7in x 5in (17.5cm x13.1cm)
Photo Frame Dimensions
Painting without a mat, width: 5 " (13 cm)
Painting without a mat, height: 7 " (18 cm)
The Painting with mat, width: 4 " (10 cm)
The Painting with mat, height: 6 “ (15 cm)
Mat opening, width: 3 ½ " (09 cm)
Mat opening, height: 5 ½ " (14 cm)
Frame width: 6 " (15 cm)
Frame height: 7 ¾ " (20 cm)
[Chinese Culture Introduction]
Gongbi / 工笔画
simplified Chinese: 工笔; traditional Chinese: 工筆; pinyin: gōng bǐ; Wade–Giles: kung-pi
Gongbi is a careful, realist technique in Chinese painting. Gong means 'tidy' (meticulous brush craftsmanship). The gongbi technique uses highly detailed brushstrokes that delineates details precisely. The opposite of the interpretive and freely expressive, xieyi (寫意 'sketching thoughts') style.
The gongbi style originated from 'Silk Painting' 帛画 in 'Warring States period ' 战国时代 (475BC-221BC) also known as 'fine painting ' 细画, which flourished in the 'Tang Dynasty ' 唐朝 (618-907). These paintings peaked out between the Tang and Song dynasties (7th to 13th centuries) when these refined paintings were endorsed and collected by the royal families of China. To perfect this style, the gongbi artists must totally commit themselves to these techniques. Only the wealthy could afford such artists. This style of art was accomplished in secret in royal palaces and private homes.
During the 'Qianlong period' 乾隆年间 of the 'Qing Dynasty' 清朝(1636-1912), "gongbi painting" was formally proposed as a standardized painting category concept.
Reference:
https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/工笔画
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gongbi
Seal Script / 篆书
traditional Chinese: 篆書; simplified Chinese:篆书; pinyin: zhuànshū
Seal script is an ancient style of writing Chinese characters that was common throughout the latter half of the 1st millennium BC. It evolved
organically out of the Zhou dynasty bronze script. The Qin variant of seal script eventually became the standard, and was adopted as the formal script for all of China during the ' Qin dynasty '秦朝. It was still widely used for decorative engraving and seals (name chops, or signets) in the
' Han dynasty '汉朝. The literal translation of the Chinese name for ' seal script ' 篆書 (zhuànshū), is decorative engraving script, a name coined during the Han dynasty, which reflects the then-reduced role of the script for the writing of ceremonial inscriptions.
Reference:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seal_script
https://baike.baidu.com/item/篆书/890743?fr=aladdin
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