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Within Vinony's link graph, Chinese art is referenced by 1,031 other articles, and connects out to history of China, Korean art and history of Asian art.
Vinony files it under Chinese art, Chinese painting and Chinese sculpture.
Its subject is documented across 42 Wikipedia language editions.
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- Country
- China
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- topic's main category
- Category:Chinese art
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- Art from China
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- Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary
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- China
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Encyclopedic overview
Chinese art is visual art that originated in or is practiced in China, Greater China or by Chinese artists. Art created by Chinese residing outside of China can also be considered a part of Chinese art when it is based on or draws on Chinese culture, heritage, and history. Major art forms include painting, calligraphy, sculpture, architecture, garden design, furniture, ceramics, bronze work, lacquerware, and textiles, sharing motifs and aesthetic principles, and often integrated to create unified environments, encompassing architecture to gardens, interiors, and objects within.
Early "Stone Age art" dates back to 10,000 BC, mostly consisting of simple pottery and sculptures. After that period, Chinese art, like Chinese history, was typically classified by the succession of ruling dynasties of Chinese emperors, most of which lasted several hundred years. The Palace Museum in Beijing and the National Palace Museum in Taipei contains extensive collections of Chinese art.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Chinese art” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.