- 艺术史yì shùart historyHSK 7-9
- 调色tiáo sèto mix colors, to blend colors (in painting, design, etc.)HSK 7-9
- 速写sù xiěsketch (quick drawing, especially from life); literary sketch (short descriptive piece of writing)HSK 7-9
- 古玩gǔ wánantique; curioHSK 7-9
- 现实主义xiàn shí zhǔ yìrealism (in art, literature, or philosophy); political realism (realpolitik approach in international relations)HSK 7-9
- 石像shí xiàngstone statueHSK 7-9
- 败笔bài bǐfaulty stroke (in calligraphy or painting); flawed part or passage (in a piece of writing or artwork); hack writer; poor writerHSK 7-9
- 传神chuán shénvivid, lifelike (capturing the spirit of the subject)HSK 7-9
- 制图zhì túto make a chart, map, or technical drawingHSK 7-9
- 勾勒gōu lèto outline, to delineateHSK 7-9
- 天马行空tiān mǎ háng(idiom) powerful and unconstrained style; bold and imaginative (of writing, art, thinking)HSK 7-9
- 巴洛克bā luò kèbaroque (artistic style of the 17th-18th centuries)HSK 7-9
- 彩绘cǎi huìcolored drawing or painting (often decorative, on pottery, walls, etc.)HSK 7-9
- 画板huà bǎndrawing boardHSK 7-9
- 雕塑家diāo sù jiāsculptorHSK 7-9
- 审美shěn měito appreciate beauty, to have a sense of aestheticsHSK 6
- 艺术界yì shùthe art world, artistic circlesHSK 7-9
- 艺界yì jièthe performing arts world, arts circlesHSK 7-9
- 超现实chāo xiàn shísurreal, surrealistic (attributive adjective)HSK 7-9
- 铭刻míng kèinscription (carved on stone, metal, or wood)HSK 7-9
- 八分bā(noun) Eastern Han clerical script style (八分书), a calligraphy style; (noun) eight tenths, 80% (less common than 八成)HSK 7-9