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TAO MINIATURE ART PAINTING – Tao religious painting Style

DESCRIPTION: This beautiful Tao painting "The Laozi" of Tao religious painting style, depicts –

In this Tao religious painting Lao Tzu, also known as Laozi, Lao Tsu, Lao Tse, Lao Zi, Laotze or a number of other ways, is said to have lived in the sixth century BC according to Chinese tradition. However, recent scholars believe this is incorrect place the life of Lao Tzu in the fourth century BC.

Although little is known about the life of Lao Tzu, his cultural significance is important to the lives of generations of Chinese. According to Chinese tradition, Lao Tzu was born in Ku Prefecture of the Chŭ state, which today is named L?County of the Henan province during the Spring and Autumn Period, roughly between 722 BC and 481 BC. Some legends state he was born with white hair, having spent more than eighty years in his mother's womb, giving him his title Laozi, which means "the old master".

According to tradition, and biography which includes Sima Quian's works, Lao Tzu was an elder contemporary of Confucius and worked as an archivist in the Imperial Library of the Zhou Dynasty. Confucius met Lao Tzu near modern Luoyang where he was going to study library scrolls. Over the next few months, the two discussed ritual and properiety, the cornerstones of Confucianism - Laozi strongly opposed Confucius's ideals.

Laozi, now eighty, quit his work and headed west on a water buffalo through the state of Qin, which is now Tibet, and disappeared into a vast desert. However, before his enter into the desert, Yin Xi (Yin Hsi), a guard at the western-most gate, Hank Pass, of the Great Wall convinced Lao Tzu to write down his wisdom. Laozi's response to the soldier was Dao De Jing, also spelled Tao Te Ching, which means "The Law of Virtue and Its Way".

Lao Tzu's work, Tao Te Ching, was a testament to his rationalism and beliefs. The work later led to the creation of both the philosophical Taoism and religious taoism, with the help of Chuang Tzu, which is most associated with harmony and leading a simple life. Taoism is best known for its tiajitu (commonly misnamed as Yin and Yang) and the bagua.

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ARTIST: Award winner artist Mr. Gopal has made this marvelous Tao painting "The Laozi" of Tao religious painting Style.

TAO PAINTING STYLE: This beautiful handmade miniature art paining "The Laozi" is belongs to the world famous Tao religious Painting.

SIZE: This Tao religious Painting is available in twelve various sizes starting from 3 x 4 inch to 48 x 72 inches.

CUSTOMIZE ORDERS: Our master artist can easily make "Ther Laozi" of Tao religious painting in to any custom made size, you need.

CANVAS: We are using cotton cloth for longer life of "The Laozi"of Tao religious painting.

FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
COLORS: These vibrant colors used in Tao Painting are natural earth color. Stone colors are just like the water colors made from stones. The artists themselves prepare these to make the gorgeous Tao painting. The raw materials include for example, vegetables and malachite (for green), fruits, mustard oil (for black), soil (for yellow), lime (for white), indigo and lapis lazuli (for blue). In olden days, eggs, gold powder, silver foil, was also used. Burnt wood was used for making the initial sketches. This is a unique method of preparation of colors has been passed down from generations, since hundreds of years ago, when it was discovered. That’s why Tao painting is having prestige in the field of Arts.

PURE GOLD: To make Tao painting precious, we are using 24 carat pure gold at ornaments and dresses in painting, as it was really used by Royal persons in olden days. It is applied with the help of the brush as a color. This unique Tao method to convert gold in to liquid form has been passed down from generations, since hundreds of years ago. So the Tao painting is really precious.

BRUSHES: These special brushes are made from the hair of the tails of squirrels and kittens, hair from the inner ears of sheep. To do miniature work on Tao painting, they also use a very special single hairbrush. This unique Tao painting method of preparation of brushes has been passed down from generations, since hundreds of years ago, when it was discovered. Therefore the Tao painting is having such stunning miniature artwork.

TIME REQUIRED: It all depends on the art work and sizes to be done. Normally it takes 10 to 15 days to make such type Tao painting of miniature artworks. Many times for special & detailed artwork, the time taken extends up to 1 month to 6 months. So, we can’t predict the exact time to make such attractive Tao Painting.

LIQUID IS HARMFUL: It is a harmful situation for water color paintings because the colors used in these paintings can easily dilute in water. It means any washing activity is injurious for artwork. So, you have to save Tao painting from water or any liquid.
If all of sudden some water drop, then you are suggested to with out folding, squeezing or disturbing (means in normal position), put in direct sun light for heating purpose and after drying, bring it back in to shade. For your kind information water can not damage oil paintings.
A simple solution to extend life of your Tao painting is to do framing. We can easily find 300 to 400 years old Tao painting in very good conditions.

ORIGINAL TAO PAINTING: All artwork of Tao Painting on the site are original, created by accomplished artists, who have learnt their skills from their earlier generations. Art of Legend India sources all artworks directly from these artists, because of which we are able to offer these unique works at reasonable costs to the buyer.

COPY RIGHTS: Copyright and reproduction rights of the painting are retained by the Art of Legend India.Com and company will defend all copyright and reproduction rights to the Tao painting. Please do not reproduce artwork without our written permission.