Most web searches on Manchurian archery inevitably take you to the Mongols and Mongolia. This link will stick to the subject at hand : www.chinese-swords-guide.com/chinese-archery.html The main thing to notice is the length of the feathers relative to the length of the arrows. The feathers can be a foot long or more (!) In this photo, the feathers start behind the halfway point of the arrows length, but some Manchurian archers had them placed starting at the arrow's center point. Excellent close photos of the arrows and a description of the feather sources are seen upon scrolling down at the above link. The old 3-D version of the above image is seen here : www.flickr.com/photos/24443965@N08/3515058690/ A similar photo is also seen at the first archery link above, and the 3-D view confirms the slightly bent knees, and the forward lean of the upper body. I am not an archery expert (including total ignorance of where Cupid gets his equipment), and wonder how many other "archery cultures" take this slight squat and bend position in their formal stance. Photo by HERBERT PONTING in 1902 for the stereoview publishing company of C.H. Graves. All of the ARCHERY views on my photostream can be seen here on one page : www.flickr.com/search/?w=24443965@N08&q=aRCHERY&m...
Get a taste of 15th Century Europe by serving a classic, soothing cup of tea from this bone china porcelain Tarka Tea Set. Hand-painted with European-influenced symmetry that's glazed with liberty-blue color signifying depth and power complimented with gold accents. A fine tea set that displays a rich and timeless design that allows you to experience the nostalgic European teatime of the old days. Features: This tea set is perfect for placing tea or coffee, and can also be used for cappuccino cups, macchiato, lattes, espresso cups, small coffee cups, teacups. Exquisite and elegant European-style patterns, pleasing to the eye, silky entwined, meaning beautiful. Easy to use and clean: comfortable size and weight. Dishwasher safe.
Offering a new Fine Art quality archival pigment reprint of this John Thomson photo titled "A Wayside Shrine" China. This photo is from "Illustrations of China and It's People" a portfolio of photos by Thomson and narrative by journalist Adolphe Smith, published in 1873-74. This is a high quality print, unframed, approximately 8x10" on 8 1/2x11" archival fine art paper, suitable for matting, framing and display. Thomson (1837-1921) was a pioneering Scottish photographer, geographer and traveler. He was the first western photographer to travel widely throughout China and the Far East, documenting the people and landscapes of eastern cultures. Upon returning home his work among the street people of London cemented his reputation, and his work is regarded as classic social documentation which laid the groundwork for photojournalism. From the Fine Art Los Angeles Collection, a unique group of fine art photos from the pioneers of photography. Your print will not have a watermark and will be shipped safely in a rigid photo mailer for its protection. FREE SHIPPING in the U.S. Your satisfaction is guaranteed. Enjoy!
My youngest daughter can’t wait for the Royal Wedding on April 29. She and her daughter have their vintage hats and are ready for the big event to begin. My daughter also is a fan of the Bri…
Romance | Oil | 40" x 30"
Stanislav Szukalski, The Ancestral Helmet, 2016 , Print, Giclee Print on Fine Art Rag Paper, 20 x 24 in 51 x 61 cm at Varnish Fine Art
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Edvard Munch, 1896
Di Li Feng 1958 – Di Li Feng es uno de los más grandes artistas contemporáneos de China, que ahora trabaja como profesor en la Academia de Lu Xun de Bellas Artes, en China. Nacido en una pequ…
Women in ancient China did not enjoy the status, either social or political, afforded to men. Women were subordinate to first their fathers, then their husbands, and finally, in the case of being left...
A lavish look at an English design icon, the Wedgwood Story, will resonate If the timeless elegance of English design has ever tugged at your heart.
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Master Of Oil Painting Technique Lu JianJun, such is the name of the creator of Symmetrim Art. He was born in 1960 beside West Lake, a natural spectacle located in Hangzhou city of Zhejiang province, China. 1960 is a year plagued by natural disasters spanning over a three-year period, which consequently led to a great famine that killed off a third of the population of China.
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Zhang Zhong se convirtió en un artista relativamente tarde, en la vida. Durante los días de la revolución cultural, la gente no iba a la universidad, el mundo académico fue sofocado y rechazado por…
Master Of Oil Painting Technique Lu JianJun, such is the name of the creator of Symmetrim Art. He was born in 1960 beside West Lake, a natural spectacle located in Hangzhou city of Zhejiang province, China. 1960 is a year plagued by natural disasters spanning over a three-year period, which consequently led to a great famine that killed off a third of the population of China.
Hu Jundi was born in 1962 in Juilin Province, China. He graduated from Sichuan Fine Art Institute in 1984. Hu’s work has been exhibited and collected in China and other Asian countries as well as in Europe and America. His work is different from the oil paintings that we often see. His brilliance is in the harmonious blend of traditional Chinese brushwork with the unmatched depth of oils. His paintings are completely Chinese, with colors of the Sichuan environment. They are harmonious with incomplete borders. So when we first see these paintings, we feel the combination of the light, color and flow of the East, but the oils give them a more universal, lasting appeal. Hu is one of the first and very few Chinese painters that are able to brilliantly meld the two cultures together with complete integrity. Hu’s work is full of dense Chinese colors -- the lush atmosphere and Sichuan’s warm moisture are floating in the paintings — and this hooks the audience instantly to his canvas melodies. He paints elegant, serene and beautiful Sichuan women. The attire is classical Sichuan Chinese, but there is an appeal that goes beyond. He does not use models. He paints the character in his mind, searching from a person in his life. He chooses the most wonderful moment in his mind and paints it. Catching a moment -- this is the Chinese painting skill. It is much more difficult to do it with oil paintings. It took years of patient trial and error, along with his immense talent, to achieve this mastery. HU JUNDI BIOGRAPHY Hu Jundi was born in Jilin province in 1962. EDUCATION: He graduated from Sichuan Fine Arts College, Chongqing, in 1984. EXHIBITIONS: Beijing International Art Exhibition in Beijing Art China Exhibition in Chendu China Autumn of Jia De Exhibition in Guangzhou Shanghai 6th Art Exhibition in Shanghai Sichuan Oil Painting Exhibition in Chendu Third Oil Painting Exhibition in Beijing Seventh Shanghai Art Exhibition in Shanghai Solo show at Hallmark Galleries, San Diego California USA Solo show at Arte De Vignettes, Las Vegas Nevada USA. Was awarded “Artist of the Year” by Sunrise Children’s Foundation. PUBLICATIONS: Many of Hu’s works and comments were published in Art World, Chinese Oil Painting, Artists, Art Search, etc. Hu Jundi Oil Painting Works was published by Tianjin People’s Art Publishing House. COMMENTS FROM THE CRITICS: “Most talented master. His work is full of dense Chinese colors and lush atmosphere. Sichuan’s warm and moist air is floating through his paintings. I was captivated instantly to the melodies on his canvas.” -- Zhong Biao, Artist, Director, Chonqing Art Museum. “Hu’s works are beautiful inside and outside because he knows how to control emotions with a brush. He has the ability to ‘fathom’ a word and image, go deeper into the meaning to convey it with paint: it is thinner here, it is thicker there, it is deeper here and it is misty there... “He uses his eyes to “listen” like a musician. These paintings tell and color the poem.” -- Zhao Benjia. “Songs and poems touch me, I want to paint the poem and the song” – Hun Jun Di. In fact the poems and the songs are in his heart. He expresses them on the canvas. http://www.mandarinfineart.com/hujundibio.htm
“Caravanes de Tartarie” de Roland & Sabrina Michaud, Editions Le Chêne, 1983.
