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[https://www.comuseum.com/painting/masters/ by China Online Museum] | [https://www.comuseum.com/painting/masters/ by China Online Museum] | ||
History is not only written, but also painted. Throughout the annals of Chinese painting, numerous painting masters emerged to record history. These Chinese painters, whether professional artisans at court, scholar officials in their gardens, Daoist recluses in the mountains, or Buddhist monks in the temples, have all depicted the world in their eyes and minds. | History is not only written, but also painted. Throughout the annals of Chinese painting, numerous painting masters emerged to record history. These Chinese painters, whether professional artisans at court, scholar officials in their gardens, Daoist recluses in the mountains, or Buddhist monks in the temples, have all depicted the world in their eyes and minds. | ||
=====A beginner's guide to Imperial China===== | |||
[https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/art-asia/imperial-china by Khan Academy] | |||
China was a highly literate society that greatly valued poetry and brush-written calligraphy, which along with painting, were called the Three Perfections, reflecting the esteemed position of the arts in Chinese life. | |||
