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ID: 300455844
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/aat/300455844

 

Record Type: concept
heavy color (mineral painting (technique), <painting techniques by medium>, ... Processes and Techniques (hierarchy name))

 

Note: Heavy color, or zhongcai describes a style of painting popular in medieval-era China that relies on a dispersion of mineral colors that are opaque and solid. Artworks created with this technique are characterized by a fine, precise definition of volume and the layering of pigmented hues. Having risen to prominence in the Tang Dynasty, the practice of heavy color or zhongcai later waned. Unlike free-flowing ink paintings, the technique displays meticulous brushwork with lifelike effects, while the lightweight texture of the paint differs from the thicker, denser effects produced by oil painting.
 
Terms:
heavy color (preferred,C,U,English,D,T,U)
zhongcai (painting technique) (C,U,English,UF,U,U)
zhongcai (painting technique) (Chinese (transliterated),UF,U,U)
heavy-color (C,U,English,UF,T,U)
heavy colour (C,U,English,UF,U,U)
heavy coloring (C,U,English,UF,U,U)
rich color (C,U,English,UF,U,U)

Facet/Hierarchy Code:  K.KT

Hierarchical Position:

Hierarchy of Activities Facet
Activities Facet
Hierarchy of Processes and Techniques (hierarchy name)
.... Processes and Techniques (hierarchy name) (G)
Hierarchy of <processes and techniques by specific type>
........ <processes and techniques by specific type> (G)
Hierarchy of <image-making processes and techniques>
............ <image-making processes and techniques> (G)
Hierarchy of <painting and painting techniques>
................ <painting and painting techniques> (G)
Hierarchy of painting techniques
.................... painting techniques (G)
Hierarchy of <painting techniques by medium>
........................ <painting techniques by medium> (G)
Hierarchy of mineral painting (technique)
............................ mineral painting (technique) (G)
Hierarchy of heavy color
................................ heavy color (G)

Sources and Contributors:
heavy-color............  [VP]
.......................  General History of Chinese Art (2022) 202
heavy color............  [VP]
.......................  AATA online (2020-)
.......................  Cheng, Essential Terms of Chinese Painting (2018)
.......................  General History of Chinese Art (2022) 202
heavy coloring............  [VP]
.............................  Jian and Xiaoyan, Illustrated Brief History of China (2020)
heavy colour............  [VP]
.......................  Cheng, Essential Terms of Chinese Painting (2018) 425
rich color............  [VP]
.......................  Chinese Literature (1996)
zhongcai (painting technique)............  [VP Preferred]
..................................................  AATA database (2002-)
..................................................  Cheng, Essential Terms of Chinese Painting (2018)
 
Subject: .....  [VP]
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]
.......... Cheng, Essential Terms of Chinese Painting (2018)
.......... General History of Chinese Art (2022)
.......... Jian and Xiaoyan, Illustrated Brief History of China (2020)

 

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