• Painting Formats in East Asian Art [The Metropolitan Museum of Art]
An introduction to the five major painting formats in East Asian art: 1) album; 2) fan; 3) handscroll; 4) hanging scroll; 5) screen.

• Chinese Handscrolls [The Metropolitan Museum of Art]
An overview of the Chinese handscroll format, with images of paintings from the Tang, Song, Yuan, Ming, and Qing dynasties.

• Landscape Painting in Chinese Art [The Metropolitan Museum of Art]
A brief overview of landscape painting in Chinese art from the Tang dynasty to the present.

Classroom Exercise • Paper Cutting [PDF] [University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign]

Classroom Exercise • Chinese Cut Outs: Learning About the History of Paper [Asia Society]

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