| Title: What Sets Chinese Painting Apart From | | | | and their need to depend on nature to |
| Western Painting | | | | survive. |
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| Author: Ernesto Apomayta | | | | In relationship to human and animal figures, |
| | | | the Chinese painter utilizes the forms he |
| Email: Word Count: 550 | | | | finds in nature, such as ovals, circles, and |
| | | | geometric lines which are found also found in |
| Copyright 2004© Ernesto Apomayta | | | | Chinese calligraphy. Thus, all Chinese |
| | | | paintings whether they are landscapes or the |
| Web address | | | | human figure are painted with the same |
| | | | movement, rhythm, and harmony that is used |
| Publishing guidelines: You may publish my | | | | when drawing the forms of calligraphy. |
| article in your newsletter, on your website, | | | | Calligraphy is a form of art, even more |
| or in your print publication provided you | | | | revered and honored than all other painting. |
| include the resource box at the end. | | | | |
| Notification would be appreciated but is not | | | | In the same theme they may spend hours |
| required. | | | | contemplating and drawing inspiration from |
| | | | the figures of nature such as humming birds |
| What Sets Chinese Painting Apart From Western | | | | with their fragile wings, the robust legs of |
| Painting | | | | the cricket, and the fascinating form of the |
| | | | praying mantis. From the minor or simple |
| By Ernesto Apomayta | | | | creatures that are chosen as subjects of art |
| | | | work, we can see how they enjoy the nature |
| Because of different instruments, materials | | | | and the love they devote to the most humble |
| and cultural background, Chinese paintings | | | | things. |
| have their own image and content in | | | | |
| comparison to other types of paintings. | | | | The Chinese painter finds it offensive to |
| Unique appearance of Chinese Painting owes | | | | contemplate and draw the human figure by |
| much to the use of the Chinese writing brush | | | | itself. Human beings are part of the |
| and the Chinese paper (rice and silk). There | | | | surrounding heavens and earth. They are all |
| are four essential elements used in the | | | | together. That is why Chinese paintings are |
| creation of Chinese Painting, the brush, ink, | | | | simple in composition and full of harmony, |
| paper, and the ink stone. Lacking any of them | | | | overall balance and peace with all of |
| the job cannot be done. | | | | creation. They are interested in the mood and |
| | | | spirit. |
| The most important factors for Chinese | | | | |
| Painting are the special pedagogy, the close | | | | About Ernesto Apomayta |
| relationship with the painter's personality | | | | |
| and the unique Chinese philosophy. They are | | | | Born and raised in Puno, Peru, Ernesto |
| trained not only to convey the objects but | | | | Apomayta was identified as an artistic |
| also express the mood and the spirit of the | | | | prodigy at the tender age of five. As a boy, |
| subject. The Chinese also believe that the | | | | Apomayta was first influenced and inspired by |
| painting is the expression of the painter's | | | | the natural marvels surrounding the humble |
| knowledge and temperament. In this way, | | | | home he shared with his family. In close |
| Chinese Painting becomes something much more | | | | proximity to shimmering Lake Titicaca, the |
| than art. | | | | striking beauty of the Andes and the |
| | | | awe-inspiring Incan ruins of his ancestors, |
| The most essential philosophy of China is the | | | | Apomayta was spiritually compelled to express |
| unity of Heaven, Earth and Human Beings. What | | | | his wonder visually through his paintbrush. A |
| the Chinese Painters are trying to express is | | | | direct ancestor of the legendary |
| not what meets the eye, but their attitude to | | | | photographer, Martin Chambi, Apomayta derived |
| the Great Nature. The Chinese painter has a | | | | inspiration from the same native influences |
| profound love and admiration for nature. It | | | | and his legacy that encouraged Apomayta to |
| is part of their culture, religious practices | | | | fulfill his own artistic destiny. |