Source #25

1. http://www.rice-paper.com/uses/calligraphy.html
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4. Chinese calligraphy is an Oriental tradition rooted in centuries of practice. It is an art of turning square Chinese characters into expressive images by the responsiveness of rice paper and speed and pressure of a pointed Chinese brush. There are five common scripts in Chinese calligraphy. In its long history of scriptural evolution and refinement, Chinese calligraphy was practiced within a strict framework and governed by restrictive rules.
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Source #24

1. http://www.rice-paper.com/uses/painting.html
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4. Painting in China has a long history of evolution and refinement, one that is entirely unique comparing to the other ways of painting humanity has ever developed. The major element of traditional Chinese painting was nature motif, and a work itself was an attempt to capture a feeling, or an immediate response, not an image. Such attitude toward art gave Chinese painting a mainly expressive character in both of its materials and techniques. The Chinese don't paint from life as Western painters do. They observe surroundings and paint what they understand. Chinese painters refer to the action of painting as writing. They take a writing brush to paint and paint in the same way as they write. The Chinese paint with a single color, black, looking upon the monochrome drawing as an art form. There are two styles in Chinese painting, meticulous and freehand style, each requiring different brush, ink and paper.
   
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6. Even though there is no credentials to this i still believe this source because this seems very accurate. It makes sense as to what they are saying.
   

Source #23

1. http://library.thinkquest.org/C0124022/introduction/eng/history.htm
   
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4. Chinese painting has its origins in the pictographs inscribed on bronze during the Xia, Shang and Zhou dynasties. Paintings on silk, possessing linear effecyts, had appeared during the period of the Warring States (475-221BC) and by the late Western Han era (206BC-AD24), paintings in rich colors were being done, such as the murals discovered in Han tombs. In the history of Chinese painting, figure painting was the first genre to appear. The earliest examples, during the Warring States period, were on silk. By the prime Tang (AD740-70), figure painting was already well advanced. Mountains, rivers, flowers and birds served only as the background or embellishment of a painting; they developed into independent genres at a much later date. In time, however, landscape painting became the most important genre and numerous schools,theories and techniques relating to it evolved. The earliest extant Chinese landscape is Spring Excursion by Zhan Ziqian of the Sui(AD 581-618),an artist who paid special attention to brushwork and used dots and lines as his principal method of expression. Today, many artists believe that a mastery of landscape painting makes it easier to learn figure and flower-and bird painting because techniques learnt for the former can be used in the latter.
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6. This site seems very legit. It has a lot of information on this site and also the information also matches other informations that i have gathered.
   

Source #22

1. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_painting
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4. Chinese painting is one of the oldest continuous artistic traditions in the world. The earliest paintings were not representational but ornamental; they consisted of patterns or designs rather than pictures. Stone Age pottery was painted with spirals, zigzags, dots, or animals. It was only during the Warring States Period (403-221 B.C.) that artists began to represent the world around them.
5. I do but I also don't
6. I believe this because this information matches other information that I have researched and that I had believed. I don't believe this because wikipedia is a website that anyone can change so this isnt that reliable.
   

Source #21

1. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_ceramics
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4. Chinese ceramic ware is an art form that has been developing since the dynastic periods. China is richly endowed with the raw materials needed for making ceramics The first types of ceramics were made about 11,000 years ago, during the Paleolithic era. Chinese Ceramics range from construction materials such as bricks and tiles, to hand-built pottery vessels fired in bonfires or kilns, to the sophisticated porcelain wares made for the imperial court.
5. I Do and I dont
6. I believe this because all the information that is on here is like other information that I have found and I don't because anyone can change the information on this website.
   

Source #20

1. http://www.imperialtours.net/ceramics.htm
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4. Over the following centuries innumerable new ceramic technologies and styles were developed. One of the most famous is the three-colored ware of the Tang dynasty (618-907 AD), named after the bright yellow, green and white glazes which were applied to the earthenware body. Another type of ware to gain the favor of the Tang court were the qingci, known in the West as celadons. These have a subtle bluish-green glaze and are characterized by their simple and elegant shapes. Blue and white porcelain was first produced under the Yuan dynasty (1279-1368 AD). Potters of the subsequent Ming dynasty (1368-1644) perfected these blue and white wares so that they soon came to represent the virtuosity of the Chinese potter. During the Qing dynasty (1644-1911), porcelain was enriched with the innovation of five-coloured wares. Applying a variety of under-glaze pigments to decorative schemes of flower, landscape and figurative scenes, these wares have gained greatest renown in the West.
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6. The information goes along witht he rest of my research and this website looks pretty accurate.
   

Source #19

1. http://www.arttiques.com/about_history.html
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4. After the invention of pottery in the Neolithic period, (5000-2200 B.C.), the ancient Chinese succeeded in producing painted pottery, black pottery and carved pottery. The long years of experience in kiln firing led China entering into a new ceramic age in the Han dynasty (206 B.C.-220 A.D.) An obvious change in the attitude of figure modelling in the Six Dynasties (265-588 A.D.) was the inclination to include more details, an effort to make the models look more real. Six Dynasties potters also succeeded in improving the quality of early celadon wares both in glaze color and in body clay. The production of glazed proto-porcelain was a significant achievement in Chinese ceramic history. The major contribution made by Tang dynasty (616-906 A.D.) potters was their bold introduction of the multi-colour wares. In early Tang dynasty, production of sancai , or tri-colour pottery figurines dominate the pottery scene. Tang pottery figurines comprised three mayor categories, namely human figures, animals and fabulous tomb guards. The production of blue and white wares at the end of the Yuan dynasty (1280-1367) and the beginning of the Ming dynasty (1368-1643) was generally of a poorer quality, possibly due to the shortage of imported cobalt during the period of political instability. Throughout the Ming dynasty, dragon and phoenix were the most popular decorative motifs on ceramic wares. Another remarkable category of coloured wares produced in the Ming dynasty was the susancai or 'tri-colour'. The major three colours are yellow, green and aubergine. Tri-colour wares of the Ming dynasty appeared in the reigns of Hsuen Te, Chia Ching and Wan Li.The peak of Chinese ceramic production was seen in the reigns of Kang Hsi (1622-1722). Yung Cheng (1723-1735) and Chien Lung (1736-1796) of the Ching dynasty during which improvement was seen in almost all ceramic types, including the blue and white wares, polychrome wares, wucai wares, etc. The improved enamel glazes of early Ching dynasty being fired at a higher temperature also acquired a more brilliant look than those of the Ming dynasty. Ching dynasty is a period specially noted for the production of colour glazes.
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6. This source seems pretty legit. It has a phone number for you to contact. The information also some what matches the information that I have already gathered.