3. Zou Chuan’an
Born in 1941
Member of the Chinese Artists
Association
His paintings were shown and
published both in China mainland
and countries and regions such as
France, India, Japan, the U.S.,
Singapore, Taiwan and Hong Kong.
His works are collected in the
National Museum of China and
some art colleges.
4. Realism
Realism in the arts may be generally defined as the
attempt to represent subject matter truthfully,
avoiding artistic conventions, implausible, exotic and
supernatural elements.
Zou Chuan’an works are Gongbi, which is a careful
realist technique in Chinese painting.
The gongbi technique uses highly detailed
brushstrokes that delimits details very precisely and
without independent or expressive variation. It is
often highly colored and usually depicts figural or
narrative subjects.
5. Art Elements & Principles
Elements
Color- pastels in foreground and
darker colors in background.
Value- Varying shades of similar
color add contrast.
Principals
Proportion- The flowers are scaled
to it’s surroundings.
Emphasis- The brightness of the
flowers puts emphasis on them.
6. Art Elements & Principles
Elements
Line- Diagonal lines of the iron
gate in background.
Color- Rust from iron, green from
stem and leaves and purple petals
stand out from dark background.
Principles
Emphasis- The flowers are the
main focal point in photograph.
7. Compare & Contrast
Peaking Through
Photograph
Taken with Samsung Galaxy SIII Size: 90x56cm
Title: 荷香
Ink on scroll
Both pieces are of similar
subject matter.
Color puts emphasis of
flowers in both pictures.
A contrast between a dark
background and light
foreground is present in
both.
Photographs colors are
more vibrant where as the
ink painting’s colors are less
saturated.
Both are realistic portrayals.
