人物画

人物畫

rénwùhuà

noun #77,587

Measure Word

一幅人物画 fú

Meanings

1 figure painting
2 portrait painting (Chinese traditional art)
3 painting depicting human figures

Characters

Examples

人物画是中国画三大分科之一。

Rénwùhuà shì Zhōngguóhuà sān dà fēnkē zhī yī.

Figure painting is one of the three major branches of Chinese painting.

顾恺之是早期人物画的代表人物。

Gù Kǎizhī shì zǎoqī rénwùhuà de dàibiǎo rénwù.

Gu Kaizhi is a representative master of early figure painting.

他擅长工笔人物画。

Tā shàncháng gōngbǐ rénwùhuà.

He specializes in meticulous-style figure painting.

Tips

history

Chinese painting is traditionally divided into 人物画 (figures), 山水画 (landscape), and 花鸟画 (birds-and-flowers). Figure painting was the earliest to mature — Gu Kaizhi (顾恺之, ~344-406 CE) is usually treated as the founding master.

Stroke Order

人 rén

物 wù

画 huà