Chinese fine art in the era of the Ming Empire
The Chinese civilization is the object of scientific analysis within a variety of humanities and social sciences, exploring it as a holistic phenomenon, and in separate manifestations. Today art researchers are interested in the work of Chinese painters. Studying fine art of the era of the Ming Empire, as one of the most interesting and actual topics, is connected with the necessity of understanding a large number of sources of historical information, interpretation of the traditions of Chinese art by various researchers. In the article, the author offers his own view of the evolution of the visual arts of China, analyzing the issues of formation and development of Chinese painting of the Ming dynasty. The emphasis is on the socio-political conditions of the evolution of culture, particularly visual art, the features of the popularization of art with its genre characteristics, as well as on the role of painting in the spiritual life of Chinese society in 1368-1644. The article presents characteristics of works by Chinese artists of the period and a brief analysis of their works. The author considers pictorial art of the Ming dynasty. As the most famous ancient Chinese painters of the genre of ''Birds and flowers'', the author calls following artists: Han, Huang, Mu-qi, Huang Quan, Xu XI, Zhao Zhang, Xu Wei and Changchun. Their artistic legacy has diversified and added to previously existing cultural palette of China.