Chinese Synopsis art 162 honors
Celestial globe vase
THE ART OF CHINA
The known art of China spans roughly three-and-a-half millenia,
beginning around 1500 BCE. Although the region encompasses vast areas
and the time frame includes diverse ethnic groups, there remains a remarkable
continuity in the arts throughout the centuries. Ceramics, sculpture,
architecture, painting and illustration comprise the Chinese creative
efforts. Although execution in each of these fields was suberb, it was
in ceramics and painting that China's artists especially excelled and
which they are notably known for. - DJB
Terms
Dynasty - period of inherited rule by a closely
aligned or familial group
Confucius - (551?-497? BCE). Chinese political ethical philosopher...he
taught a large number of disciples who...by the second century B.C....formed
the dominant philosophy in China. (R-219)
Daoism - Chinese religious system based on the teachings of Lao Tzu and
Chuang Tzu...(R-987)
Canon - formalized Chinese rules for artistic
representation
Xie He / Wen-ren
Literati - intellectual class during Song Dynasties
that engaged in arts as "amateurs"
Porcelain - transluscent, impervious pottery made in a base of fine white
clay (kaolin), or any pottery having the properties of such
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Shang Dynasty (c. 1506— 1050 BCE)
Ritual Wine Vessel, Anyang, bronze, 87/8 x 13”, 13th cent. BCE
Qin Dynasty (221 — 206 BCE)
Great Wall of China 256— 206 BCE
Army of Emperor Shi Huangdi in pits next to burial mound, painted terracotta,
210 BCE
Han Dynasty (2O6 BCE — 220CE)
Landscape with Men Harvesting & Shooting Water Fowl, rubbing of a tile,
6 1/2 x 18 1/2”
Galloping Horse on Flying Swallow, bronze
Bronze chariot, 2nd cent. CE
Period of Disunity (200 — 589)
Prabhutaratra and Sakyamuni, bronze, 10” c. 518
Admonitions of the Instructress to the Ladies of the Palace, Gu Kaizhi, c. 344—406
Tang Dynasty (618— 906)
Standing Horse, earthenware, 28 x 33”, 618—907
Emperor’s Horse, ink on paper, c.720 —780
Tuning the Lute, Chou Fang, painting on silk, c.800
Northern & Southern Song Dynasties (960— 1279)
Travelers Among Mountains and Streams, Fan Kuan, ink on silk 6’9”
x 2’S”
Northern Song Dynasty, c. 990 —1030
Solitary Angler on Wintry Lake, Ma Yuan, ink on silk,
Southern Song Dynasty, c. 1160—1225
Bare Willows and Distant Mountains, Ma Yuan, album leaf, ink and colors on silk,
Southern Song Dynasty, c. 1160 — 1225
Yuan Dynasty (1279— 1368)
Dwelling in the Fuchun Mountains, Huan Gongwang, section of hand scroll, ink
on paper, 1347— 1350
Autumn Colors on Chiao and Rita Mountains, Chao Meng Pu, 1295
Ming Dynasty (1368— 1644)
Stem Cup, White ware
Vase with blue underglazed decoration of Dragon, l5th cent.
Covered Vase, Blue and White ware, l6th cent.
Autumn Mountains, Dong Qichang, handscroll, ink on paper, l7th cent.
Qing Dynasty (1644— 1911)
Landscape, Shitao, album leaf, ink and colors on paper, 17th cent.
Taihe Dian, Imperial Palace, Forbidden City, Beijing,
Links:
China the Beautiful
(Classical Chinese Art, Calligraphy, Poetry, History, Literature, Painting and
Philosophy)
http://www.chinapage.com/china.html
Calligraphy of the Masters
http://www.chinapage.com/callig1.html
Asian Art Museum of San Fransisco presents
The Splendors of Imperial China:
Treasures from the National Palace Musuem, Taipei
http://www.asianart.com/splendors
Chinese and Japanese Art History
WWW Virtual Library
http://www.nyu.edu/gsas/dept/fineart/html/chinese/index.html