Taovs Qi:Traditional Chinese Painting Image Representation and Composing Elements

Image representation is a essential characteristic of traditional Chinese painting.The Chinese philosophy that man is an integral part of nature and the thought of LIU Xie and SHI about art strongly influenced Chinese painting image representation.And for Chinese painting the implements and materials also contributed to the image's perfect representation.In traditional Chinese culture(philosophy) were ideas of Tao and Qi(like implements,etc.What is metaphysical was considered to be Tao,and What is natural was considered to be Qi,an Implement.The Chinese Nature-Man Unity philosophy and humanity odes to natural beings were the Chinese painting Tao,while the implements unsed for the paintings were the best Qi,the implements that fully carried China's cultural Tao.