2/2 The Culture Show : The Art Of Chinese Painting

• The Culture Show 2013
First broadcast: 23 Oct 2013.
The ancient art of Chinese painting is one of the oldest continuous artistic traditions in history.
Kate Bryan, former Hong Kong resident and the Fine Art Society's head of contemporary, travels to China to find out more about this tradition, a journey which coincides with a once-in-a-lifetime exhibition at London's Victoria & Albert Museum, 'Masterpieces of Chinese Painting'. In China, Kate learns about the golden age of Chinese landscape and discovers why ink is still favoured over paint. She also learns how the country's unique aesthetic was heavily influenced by age-old standards of class and politics.

[@DRSYT73]

Some of these paintings are over 1000 years old. Pretty impressive.

[@ChndrBng]

For anyone wondering, the song that plays at the end is Aphex Twin - #3

[@susanhepburn6040]

Fascinating and full of beauty - thank you so much.

[@goody2shoos33]

Truly magnificent.

[@geraldjiading5866]

fantastic!

[@durango-CODEBUILDER]

Great documentary!

[@theredpilgrim]

Thank you very much! These Masterpieces are Awesum!!!!

[@shleep2000]

very good, thank you!

[@TheLydiaR]

Wonderful!

[@nedaustin5690]

For more about Chinese landscape paining see James Cahill’s great lecture series.

[@francoisemendousse781]

quelles merveilles!

[@willardgallery]

If you enjoyed watching this video, you'd probably like some of the paintings showcased in our channel. 👍🏼

[@dudebad7215]

My mother still keeps the love letter I wrote to my classmates in primary school. And this love letter I wrote with ink. I hope it can also be saved for 1000 years.

[@danielismarkevicius6369]

Love letter to a classmates?

[@namantiwari198]

Make documentary on indian& japanese art☺️

[@JJRocheO]

anyone know the piano piece at 12:00 ?

[@aMdeniZen]

the music is really pretty in this doc. any chance of there being a soundtrack available?

[@_cherly5097]

That's the begining of the butterfly lovers violin concerto.

[@taeng0077]

ahh tysm im gonna listen to it like a thousand times now lol

[@Calligraphy-dilipaweeratunga13]

Respect the teacher

I don't know why they say is not realistic. Those foggy landscapes and twisted trees are pretty common in some areas of China. Some of these paintings are so detailed that if you looked at a photo you wouldn't get any closer to the scenery. I feel like the people talking in this video never travelled beyond cities or looked out of a window.

[@maryvu7296]

“Not realistic” means they’re not a direct study from life. Literati paintings are actually quite abstract when compared to the far more detailed court paintings made by professional painters at the time. They’re more idealized landscapes and are not painted from life, and are intentionally blander. But also, the people in the video aren’t talking out of their asses when they describe these paintings - the Chinese wrote extensively about painting (their first art history books date back to the 4th century) and the literati painters were scholars; they wrote about their methods in great detail. We don’t have to rely on modern interpretation of these paintings because the artists explained everything themselves.

[@dingocapo2087]

hung gong wong

[@karljoseph4766]

China 🇨🇳 had a Great culture and history 🤍🤍🤍

[@mengphou2855]

I have 6pices of this kind painting

[@adrianhalim9317]

I bought chinese painting 24 years ago in Beijing, China. They said that the painting is made by Aisin Gioro Yuzhan. I want to sell it. Any information How to sell it ?

[@Newfounlander]

I would like to see if I can help you.I have some resources in China...if you are interested in it. Anyway I am a Chinese. Thank you.

[@raymondsinclair4]

whats the music at the end ?

[@jackmillen7785]

Aphex Twin - #3. It’s on his album called selected ambient works volume 2 :)

[@user-fx7ee5en5c]

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[@janebooth9867]

CLASSIC VS. VULGAR ☆☆☆☆☆ V EVENTS ☆☆☆☆☆ BY INVITE ONLY

[@jonrob08]

2:44 Calligraphy Cheetah?

[@galezhang]

She says "tutor".

[@nakinilerak]

What is so surprising about learning to paint by copying the masters? That was the way European artists were trained right up until WWI. It's called academic training. As in Academy of Art?

[@luisbito8391]

los chino no son original en su propio estilo ellos tienen que pintar de la misma forma que los de sus antepasado odservas bien todo dibujan al igual no hay diferensia en la pintura china in dia es por eso que algunos chino empiezan aprender pinturas oil o acrilico para se verdaderamente su originalidad

[@Youkai_graphics]

1 wrong move on the painting, the whole thing ruined.

[@xyzllii]

I like the colour work more. You can trace the rise of the Patriarchy...man wants to rule and control nature and art. The 'science ' of calligraphy.....the technique set over human feeling and empathy .