This document analyzes the elements and principles of art in East Asian paintings from China, Japan, and Korea. It discusses common painting subjects and themes between the three cultures, which include landscapes, flowers/birds, and human figures. Differences between the cultures' painting styles are also noted, such as Japan focusing on scenes of everyday life and detailed narrative scenes. The document instructs the reader to observe and analyze example paintings based on questions provided, and to create their own East Asian-inspired painting using coffee as the medium.

1. The Elements and Principles of Art

2. ∙ analyzes elements and principles
of art in the production of arts and
crafts inspired by the cultures of
East Asia (A8EL-IIb1)

5. 1.What can you say about the paintings?
2.Do they have different ideas and
elements used?

7. Did you know that painting started from pre-historic
era? They used red ochre and black pigment in their
paintings. Early paintings often showed hunting
scenes of man chasing various animals, such as:
horses, rhinoceros, lions, buffaloes, mammoths.
These prehistoric paintings were drawn on the walls
of caves, blocks of stone, etc. They can be found all
over the world, particularly in China

8. COUNTRY Painting Subjects or Themes
CHINA 1. Flowers and birds 4. Human Figures
2. Landscapes 5. Animals
3. Palaces and Temples 6. Bamboos and
Stones
JAPAN 1. Scenes from everyday life
2. Narrative scenes crowded with figures and details
KOREA Subjects are divided into five categories:
1. landscape paintings
2. Minhwa (the traditional folk painting)
3. Four Gracious Plants (plum blossoms, orchids or
wild orchids, chrysanthemums)
4. bamboo
5. portraits

10. Write the similarities and
differences of the elements or
principles of the 3 East Asian
Paintings using the T-table.

11. Similarities Paintings Differences
Japan
China
Korea

12. observe and analyze the picture through the
following questions:
1.What can you say about the three paintings?
2.What were the subjects or themes used?
3.What do they have in common? Explain
4.Can you identify the elements and principles
applied in the three paintings. Enumerate them.

14. In a writing pad paper, bond paper, Oslo or illustration
board or any available material at home, paint a
subject, theme or motif with an East Asian
resemblance using coffee as your medium.
(see page 8 for Procedure)