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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;

Japanese painting

Japanese culture is officially recognized the most original culture in the world. Japanese painting is one of the eldest and most exquisite of the Japanese arts, representing an enormous multiplicity of genres and styles. The history of Japanese painting comes to be the contest between native Japanese pictorial art and foreign influence.

The earliest Japanese geometric designs date back to 300 BC. Soon after, the spread of Buddhism in 6th and 7th century, there started the flourishing of Japanese painting and sculpture. It is considered the first cultural period in Japanese history. It is a so-called Nara period.

The development of the esoteric Buddhism (the sects of Shingon and Tendai) contributed to the development of painting that presented the scenes from Buddha life and his surrounding. These are the so-called Heian and Kamakura periods. The two most famous paintings of the period were Panel from the Tale of Genji and Night Attack on Sanjo Palace.

The next period was Muromachi period. It was the development of great Zen monasteries in Kamakura and Kyoto had an enormous effect on the advancement of painting. By the middle of the 14th century, the leading Japanese painting direction was monochrome landscape.

The next Azuchi-Monoyama period was completely opposite to the previous Muromachi period. This period was characterized by a grandiose polychrome style, with extensive use of gold and silver.

The next two Edo and Meiji periods are the periods of the final Japanese painting formation, with development of all modern painting trends.

The last two periods of Tasho and Showa witnessed the blossom of modern Japanese painting making it commercially lucrative.

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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;