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According to most of official interpretations painting is a way of laying paint or pigment on all possible kinds of the surface, including canvas, paper, glass, walls, clay and so on. Traditionally, a central object or a group of objects and correspondingly the central spot are considered to be the most essential idea of any picture;

Colour is highly subjective, but it is connected with psychological associations every person has in his mind. In other words, everyone of us has his own associations with this or that colour and as every colour has a wide range of variations (pigments), painters has a tremendous set of tinctures he is free to apply to;

Chinese painting

The Chinese painting underwent a long way of development. The earliest pieces on silk date back to the 481 BC. That period is marked by primitive everyday pictures that featured domestic scenes or military campaigns. The next period being closer to 220 BC – 220 AD is characteristic for higher personal expression. The Fine Arts (and painting in particular) becomes more and more complicated representing mythological deities and numerous spirits. It is noteworthy that there appears three-dimensional painting in China at that time. Painting describes not only everyday scenes, but high officials as well. By the time of Jin Dynasty (316 – 420 AD), painting acquires a new level and already treated as one of official arts. The young noblemen that were to receive education at that time were to master painting as well.

The fourth century witnesses the establishment of classical Chinese landscape under artist Gu Kaizhi. His painting 'Eighty Seven Celestial People' is considered to be one of the greatest Chinese paintings of all times and nations.

During the Chinese Song Dynasty, portrait painting was immensely improved and elaborated. Soon, it attained its classical age maturity.

The next period of Chinese history passed under a sign of Mongol-based Yuan Dynasty. For Chinese art, it was one of the worst moments with numerous prohibitions and limitations. A lot of educated Chinese turned to the art of painting instead of serving the Yuan government.

It was only under Ming dynasty that Classical Chinese painting reached its heights featuring, for example, the portraits of Kangxi Emperor, Yongzheng Emperor, and Qianlong Emperor.

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Painting existed in the most primitive society satisfying its most basic spiritual needs. Still, the meaning of these drawings is unknown up to this time. As the caves were not inhabited, they served for seasonal rituals. One more possible meaning of paintings was their magic use;

In a classical way, Indian painting developed from the religious idols and gods of two main Indian religions: Buddhism and Hinduism. So, the painting is mainly concentrated on the depiction of religious scenes and procedures. Historically, there emerged six main art schools that have been developing from the earliest times;

The first painters who expressed their views on the painting and formed the theoretical fundamentals of modern painting were Kandinsky and Paul Klee. Kandinsky asserted that painting has a spiritual value, comparing prime colours with certain psychological associations;