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This episode continues to explore the fundamental elements within artworks. Understanding these elements will help us appreciate the balance and order in compositions. Picasso’s masterpiece Guernica was created during the Spanish Civil War. The painting is exceptionally large in size and, when viewed along its vertical axis, can be divided into six panels. These six…

In the previous episode, we discussed how Raphael’s The Disputation of the Sacrament achieves remarkable balance between its left and right sides. Similarly, Fan Kuan’s Travelers Among Mountains and Streams also exhibits fundamental symmetry. Yet unlike Raphael’s work—designed for a church setting where architectural symmetry is paramount—Fan Kuan’s piece is a landscape painting. Architectural structures,…

This episode explores balance and order in architecture. Examples include works by renowned Japanese architect Tadao Ando and British architect Zaha Hadid. Ando often employs rigid lines—straight edges forming squares and rectangles, occasionally incorporating triangles. In Japan, he designed a unique building entirely themed around diagonal lines, creating a disorienting, seasick-like illusion for visitors, deliberately…

In the previous episode, we mentioned that different artworks exhibit a so-called state of balance. Robert Indiana’s piece, American Dream, features four complete circles distributed at the corners, showcasing a strong sense of order. Another artwork by Bridget Riley, Current, presents a state resembling air currents or sound waves, embodying a randomness infused with order.…

Today’s episode will focus on composition. Composition can be balanced or unbalanced, always accompanied by order. Balance in art is different from the common understanding – it does not necessarily mean putting two equal things on both sides. Disproportion can also be considered balance in art. Buddhists believe everything is energy, and all things can…

In this episode, we will continue to learn about art through Huang Binhong’s works. The only artist today whose ink techniques can be mentioned in the same breath as Huang Binhong is his student Li Keran. His mastery of ink techniques may even surpass Huang, but his brushwork still needs strengthening. Huang Binhong’s five brush…

Huang Binhong paid great attention to techniques and philosophy in his artwork, as mentioned previously regarding “thickness and luxuriance”. Generally describing mountain and water as thick and plants as luxuriant is how Chinese landscape painting is characterized. However, for Huang Binhong, this is melted into a core concept of painting, depicting his aesthetic ideal, pursuit…

This episode continues exploring the principles of art through Huang Binhong’s paintings. As mentioned last time, his brushwork techniques exemplify traditional Chinese ethnic painting characteristics. Western painting uses watercolors rather than ink. Just manipulating tones through light and dark wetness can create many layered color effects. Chinese brushes also come in various categories. These tools…

Huang Binhong’s works embrace his personal principles and views. As it is often said, the most important thing for a successful artist is his teacher – Huang Binhong indeed had a distinguished student of ink painting, Li Keran, which proved the saying of eminent teachers producing outstanding students. As for those who are self-taught, they…

From the perspective of Chinese painting, Huang Binhong’s works can be seen to resonate with Western Impressionist paintings. However, modern painters such as Wu Guanzhong have been quite critical of Huang Binhong’s paintings, commenting that his works are all repetitive and devoid of meaning. Wu Guanzhong values composition and modern expression, believing that brushwork and…