What's another name for painting?

Another name for painting is painting, silent poetry, plane painting, traditional Chinese painting, painting, portrait and so on. Painting is the art of copying nature or unnatural on a plane by hand to achieve a two-dimensional effect. Details are as follows:

1, drawing: "Drawing is like a dream of returning home, and the mountains in the pole are many inches long." Xin Jiaxuan's words reveal the mystery of painting, and the metaphor is just right, which is amazing. The word "painting" not only refers to painting a picture, but is also used as a metaphor later.

2. Silent poetry: also known as "tangible poetry", another name for painting. Because painting is similar to poetry, it is called this.

3. Chinese painting: The word Chinese painting originated in the Han Dynasty. People in the Han Dynasty thought that China lived in heaven and earth, so he called it China. China's paintings were abbreviated as "Chinese paintings".

4. Pictures: Pictures refer to images drawn with lines and colors. Outdoor sketch can also be done in the studio, but sketch is different from still life painting, in which even inanimate objects will still show their natural state.

5. Danqing: Danqing refers to cinnabar and Qingqing refers to pheasant, which are two minerals that can be used as pigments. Because in ancient China, scarlet and cyan were commonly used in painting. Dan Qing has become synonymous with painting art.

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Classification of painting:

According to different tool materials and techniques, as well as different cultural backgrounds, it can be divided into Chinese painting, oil painting, printmaking, watercolor painting, gouache painting and other main painting types. Chinese painting is divided into meticulous and freehand brushwork according to the meticulous and extensive techniques.

According to prints and different plates, it can be divided into woodcut, copperplate, paper print, lithograph, screen print and so on. Prints are also classified according to plate-making methods and color printing techniques, such as etched prints, mimeographed woodcuts, watermark woodcuts, black-and-white prints and color prints.

China's painting is an important part of China culture, rooted in the soil of national culture. It is not only limited to appearance, but also emphasizes spirit likeness.

This superb skill and means, with a high degree of generalization and imagination, not only makes China traditional painting unique in artistic courage, but also is increasingly absorbed by modern art in the world.

Painting promotes the development of human nature. Without individuality, there is no real artistic creation. Artistic creation embodies the individual's own value, cultivates the qualities of self-esteem, self-discipline, cooperative motivation and self-motivation, and cultivates independent consciousness and initiative.

Painting can increase artistic thinking, enhance aesthetic concepts and enrich life. In fact, you can see the beauty brought by painting wherever you go. On the basis of art, there is a plaster body, which can appreciate the beauty of the human body. Sketch and color are the basis of cultivating painting. Besides these, illustrations, prints and artistic words are inseparable from painting.

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