220px|Hiroshige, The moon over a waterfall The depiction of night in paintings is common in Eastern art . Paintings that feature the night scene as the theme are mostly portraits and landscapes. Some artworks which involve religious or fantasy topics use the quality of dim night light to create mysterious atmospheres. They tend to illustrate the illuminating effect of the light reflection on the subjects under either moonlight or artificial light sources. By country Cambodia%DIFDELCMD < %DIFDELCMD < %%% Cambodian paintings often took the form of murals, and have religious significance. Before 1200, art in the temples mostly portrayed scenes from the Hindu pantheon; after 1200, Buddhist scenes began to appear as standard motifs. Its art was heavily influenced by the artistry of India.Le May, Reginald. (1962). A Concise History of Buddhist Art in Siam. Tuttle Publishing. (2nd edition). p. 1. . China Traditional Chinese artists sought to capture the interrelated, vast and multifaceted aspects of nature here are on earth and in the heavens. From the article "The Great Art of China's 'Soundless Poems'", Heaven appears "before us only this bright shining mass; but in its immeasurable extent, the sun, the moon, stars and constellations are suspended in it, and all things are embraced under it."The Great Art of China's 'Soundless Poems'. The Schiller Institute. Retrieved 28 August 2012. Night scenes, not otherwise distinguishable from daytime in Chinese art, include candles, light emanating from a building, the moon, or lake mists. India 200px|Artist unknown, Radha at night, circa 1650 (Mughal), Kupferstichkabinett Berlin For traditional art, there is little difference between the way night and day are illustrated and the colors that are used. For instance in early Rajput (also called Rajasthani) paintings, the only way to read that the painting is a night scene is through the presence of torches or candles. Later in the Rajput period, both somewhat influenced by Western art, night scenes were painted dramatically with shadows and Mughal paintings used chiaroscuro for shading.Coomaraswamy, Ananda K. (2003). History of Indian and Indonesian Art. Kessinger Publishing. pp. 128, 131. . Although there are a number of schools that taught painting during India's history, there is great similarity among them to evoke charming, romantic scenes. The scenes may include moonlight or lanterns to set an amorous mood.Sharma, Lokesh Chandra. (2008)%DIFDELCMD < [%%% 1980 . A Brief History of Indian Painting. Krishna Prakashan Media. pp. 71, 74, 75, 80, 122. Such was the case for 19th century artist, Chokha, who enjoyed making night paintings like Escapade at Night: A Nobleman Climbs a Rope to Visit his Lover. In that painting Chokha captures the tension of lover climbing several stories into a house with many people and a sleeping guard. Chokha also liked to capture twilight hunting scenes. He astutely conveyed the effects of lighting variation between twilight and the darkest night.Escapade at Night: A Nobleman Climbs a Rope to Visit his Lover. New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art. Retrieved 29 August 2012.%DIFDELCMD < %DIFDELCMD < %%% Rao Bhoj Singh Stalking a Tiger at Night is a painting attributed to the Hada Master of the Kota school. In this case the dark is used for dramatic impact. It provides a dark backdrop to the bright figures of the treed hunting party, riled tiger and battered cow that was used as a lure.Rao Bhoj Singh Stalking a Tiger at Night. New York: Metropolitan Museum. Retrieved 29 August 2012. Romantic scenes%DIFDELCMD < %DIFDELCMD < %%% Baz Bahadur and Rupmati (not showsn) depicts mistress Rupmati and Muslim ruler Baz Bahadur. The scene is illuminated from the moon on the horizon.Baz Bahadur and Rupmati riding in a moonlit landscape near Mandu. India Office Select Materials, British Library. Retrieved 28 August 2012.Baz Bahadur and Rupmati. Images Online. India Office Select Materials, British Library. Retrieved 28 August 2012. Japan While paintings are generally a snapshot of a moment in time, the Japanese iji dôzu (English: "different time, same illustration") technique is used to is illustrate activities that occur in different periods of time. A Long Tale for an Autumn Night uses that technique through a progression of time and activities over one night. During the Autumn night a Buddhist monk and his lover experience a fearful night of a demon in initially disguised as a man, a battle, and threat of suicide - all the more sinister by the gloom of night.A Long Tale for an Autumn Night. Scroll 3. New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art. Retrieved 29 August 2012. Note: there are three web pages, one for each scroll. Scroll 1 and Scroll 2 Laos Persia ]       Thailand  By religion See also Eastern art History of painting Night photography
220px|Hiroshige, The moon over a waterfall The depiction of night in paintings is common in art in Asia . Paintings that feature the night scene as the theme are mostly portraits and landscapes. Some artworks which involve religious or fantasy topics use the quality of dim night light to create mysterious atmospheres. They tend to illustrate the illuminating effect of the light reflection on the subjects under either moonlight or artificial light sources. By %DIFDELCMD < %DIFDELCMD < %%% region East Asian art China Traditional Chinese artists sought to capture the interrelated, vast and multifaceted aspects of nature here are on earth and in the heavens. From the article "The Great Art of China's 'Soundless Poems'", Heaven appears "before us only this bright shining mass; but in its immeasurable extent, the sun, the moon, stars and constellations are suspended in it, and all things are embraced under it."The Great Art of China's 'Soundless Poems'. The Schiller Institute. Retrieved 28 August 2012. Night scenes, not otherwise distinguishable from daytime in Chinese art, include candles, light emanating from a building, the moon, or lake mists. %DIFDELCMD < [%%% %DIFDELCMD < %DIFDELCMD < %%% %DIFDELCMD < %DIFDELCMD < %%% Japan While paintings are generally a snapshot of a moment in time, the Japanese iji dôzu (English: "different time, same illustration") technique is used to is illustrate activities that occur in different periods of time. A Long Tale for an Autumn Night uses that technique through a progression of time and activities over one night. During the Autumn night a Buddhist monk and his lover experience a fearful night of a demon in initially disguised as a man, a battle, and threat of suicide - all the more sinister by the gloom of night.A Long Tale for an Autumn Night. Scroll 3. New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art. Retrieved 29 August 2012. Note: there are three web pages, one for each scroll. Scroll 1 and Scroll 2 South Asian art India 200px|Artist unknown, Radha at night, circa 1650 (Mughal), Kupferstichkabinett Berlin For traditional art, there is little difference between the way night and day are illustrated and the colors that are used. For instance in early Rajput (also called Rajasthani) paintings, the only way to read that the painting is a night scene is through the presence of torches or candles. Later in the Rajput period, both somewhat influenced by Western art, night scenes were painted dramatically with shadows and Mughal paintings used chiaroscuro for shading.Coomaraswamy, Ananda K. (2003). History of Indian and Indonesian Art. Kessinger Publishing. pp. 128, 131. . Although there are a number of schools that taught painting during India's history, there is great similarity among them to evoke charming, romantic scenes. The scenes may include moonlight or lanterns to set an amorous mood.Sharma, Lokesh Chandra. (2008) 1980]. A Brief History of Indian Painting. Krishna Prakashan Media. pp. 71, 74, 75, 80, 122. Such was the case for 19th century artist, Chokha, who enjoyed making night paintings like Escapade at Night: A Nobleman Climbs a Rope to Visit his Lover. In that painting Chokha captures the tension of lover climbing several stories into a house with many people and a sleeping guard. Chokha also liked to capture twilight hunting scenes. He astutely conveyed the effects of lighting variation between twilight and the darkest night.Escapade at Night: A Nobleman Climbs a Rope to Visit his Lover. New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art. Retrieved 29 August 2012. Rao Bhoj Singh Stalking a Tiger at Night is a painting attributed to the Hada Master of the Kota school. In this case the dark is used for dramatic impact. It provides a dark backdrop to the bright figures of the treed hunting party, riled tiger and battered cow that was used as a lure.Rao Bhoj Singh Stalking a Tiger at Night. New York: Metropolitan Museum. Retrieved 29 August 2012. Romantic scenes Baz Bahadur and Rupmati (not showsn) depicts mistress Rupmati and Muslim ruler Baz Bahadur. The scene is illuminated from the moon on the horizon.Baz Bahadur and Rupmati riding in a moonlit landscape near Mandu. India Office Select Materials, British Library. Retrieved 28 August 2012.Baz Bahadur and Rupmati. Images Online. India Office Select Materials, British Library. Retrieved 28 August 2012. Southeast Asian art Cambodia Cambodian paintings often took the form of murals, and have religious significance. Before 1200, art in the temples mostly portrayed scenes from the Hindu pantheon; after 1200, Buddhist scenes began to appear as standard motifs. Its art was heavily influenced by the artistry of India.Le May, Reginald. (1962). A Concise History of Buddhist Art in Siam. Tuttle Publishing. (2nd edition). p. 1. . Laos Thailand West Asian art Persia By religion See also History of Asian art History of painting Night photography
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Cambodian paintings often took the form of murals, and have religious significance. Before 1200, art in the temples mostly portrayed scenes from the Hindu pantheon; after 1200, Buddhist scenes began to appear as standard motifs. Its art was heavily influenced by the artistry of India.Le May, Reginald. (1962). A Concise History of Buddhist Art in Siam. Tuttle Publishing. (2nd edition). p. 1. .
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India 200px|Artist unknown, Radha at night, circa 1650 (Mughal), Kupferstichkabinett Berlin For traditional art, there is little difference between the way night and day are illustrated and the colors that are used. For instance in early Rajput (also called Rajasthani) paintings, the only way to read that the painting is a night scene is through the presence of torches or candles. Later in the Rajput period, both somewhat influenced by Western art, night scenes were painted dramatically with shadows and Mughal paintings used chiaroscuro for shading.Coomaraswamy, Ananda K. (2003). History of Indian and Indonesian Art. Kessinger Publishing. pp. 128, 131. .
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. A Brief History of Indian Painting. Krishna Prakashan Media. pp. 71, 74, 75, 80, 122. Such was the case for 19th century artist, Chokha, who enjoyed making night paintings like Escapade at Night: A Nobleman Climbs a Rope to Visit his Lover. In that painting Chokha captures the tension of lover climbing several stories into a house with many people and a sleeping guard. Chokha also liked to capture twilight hunting scenes. He astutely conveyed the effects of lighting variation between twilight and the darkest night.Escapade at Night: A Nobleman Climbs a Rope to Visit his Lover. New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art. Retrieved 29 August 2012.
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Rao Bhoj Singh Stalking a Tiger at Night is a painting attributed to the Hada Master of the Kota school. In this case the dark is used for dramatic impact. It provides a dark backdrop to the bright figures of the treed hunting party, riled tiger and battered cow that was used as a lure.Rao Bhoj Singh Stalking a Tiger at Night. New York: Metropolitan Museum. Retrieved 29 August 2012.
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Baz Bahadur and Rupmati (not showsn) depicts mistress Rupmati and Muslim ruler Baz Bahadur. The scene is illuminated from the moon on the horizon.Baz Bahadur and Rupmati riding in a moonlit landscape near Mandu. India Office Select Materials, British Library. Retrieved 28 August 2012.Baz Bahadur and Rupmati. Images Online. India Office Select Materials, British Library. Retrieved 28 August 2012.
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. A Brief History of Indian Painting. Krishna Prakashan Media. pp. 71, 74, 75, 80, 122. Such was the case for 19th century artist, Chokha, who enjoyed making night paintings like Escapade at Night: A Nobleman Climbs a Rope to Visit his Lover. In that painting Chokha captures the tension of lover climbing several stories into a house with many people and a sleeping guard. Chokha also liked to capture twilight hunting scenes. He astutely conveyed the effects of lighting variation between twilight and the darkest night.Escapade at Night: A Nobleman Climbs a Rope to Visit his Lover. New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art. Retrieved 29 August 2012.
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Rao Bhoj Singh Stalking a Tiger at Night is a painting attributed to the Hada Master of the Kota school. In this case the dark is used for dramatic impact. It provides a dark backdrop to the bright figures of the treed hunting party, riled tiger and battered cow that was used as a lure.Rao Bhoj Singh Stalking a Tiger at Night. New York: Metropolitan Museum. Retrieved 29 August 2012.
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Baz Bahadur and Rupmati (not showsn) depicts mistress Rupmati and Muslim ruler Baz Bahadur. The scene is illuminated from the moon on the horizon.Baz Bahadur and Rupmati riding in a moonlit landscape near Mandu. India Office Select Materials, British Library. Retrieved 28 August 2012.Baz Bahadur and Rupmati. Images Online. India Office Select Materials, British Library. Retrieved 28 August 2012.
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Cambodian paintings often took the form of murals, and have religious significance. Before 1200, art in the temples mostly portrayed scenes from the Hindu pantheon; after 1200, Buddhist scenes began to appear as standard motifs. Its art was heavily influenced by the artistry of India.Le May, Reginald. (1962). A Concise History of Buddhist Art in Siam. Tuttle Publishing. (2nd edition). p. 1. .
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