Category: Oriental Art Culture
Advantages of Traditional Hand‑Mounting for Chinese Paintings & Calligraphy
Traditional Chinese hand‑mounting is a unique craft in China. An old saying goes: “A painting counts three‑tenths for its artwork and seven‑tenths for its mounting.” This fully shows how critical mounting is for painting‑calligraphy works. Today, with improved living standards, Chinese paintings and calligraphy are popular home decorations for their distinctive artistic appeal. Yet many
Inscriptions & Seals in Traditional Chinese Painting‑Calligraphy
Shen Ling of the Ming Dynasty noted: “Before the Yuan Dynasty, few paintings bore inscriptions. Artists hid signatures in rock crevices, fearing clumsy calligraphy would ruin the composition. Later, mature calligraphy blended with painting to create integrated visual beauty.” Poetry, prose, calligraphy and painting are closely‑related Chinese arts. From the Northern Song onward, literati‑painters such
