with Miss A “Jia”

The Renaissance was a period in European history, from the 14th to the 17th century, regarded as the cultural bridge between the Middle Ages and modern history. It started as a cultural movement in Italy in the Late Medieval period and later spread to the rest of Europe, marking the beginning of the Early Modern Age.

“The ukiyo-e genre of art flourished in Japan from the 17th through 19th centuries. Its artists produced woodblock prints and paintings of such subjects as female beauties; kabuki actors and sumo wrestlers; scenes from history and folk tales; travel scenes and landscapes; flora and fauna; and erotica. The term ukiyo-e translates as “picture[s] of the floating world”. “

“Gongbi is a careful realist technique in Chinese painting, the opposite of the interpretive and freely expressive xieyi style.

The name is from the Chinese gong jin meaning ‘tidy’ (meticulous brush craftsmanship). The gongbi technique uses highly detailed brushstrokes that delimits details very precisely and without independent or expressive variation.It is often highly colored and usually depicts figural or narrative subjects.”

“American realism was a style in art, music and literature that depicted contemporary social realities and the lives and everyday activities of ordinary people. Whether a cultural portrayal or a scenic view of downtown New York City, American realist works attempted to define what was real.”