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20 Cards in this Set
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Landscapes of Truth |
-Inner truth -Neoconfucian moral order -Nature reflects inner truth -Three Doctrines |
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Three Perfections |
-Poetry, painting, calligraphy -Intersections -Brushstrokes |
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Eye of the Painting |
-Perspective/attitude -Human beings' place -Where artist wants viewers to see from |
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Chan/Zen Art |
-Meditative state of Buddhism -Minimalist -Monochrome -Simple -Muqi, Liang Kai |
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Eremitism |
-Hermit -Refused to serve mongols -Escape into nature -Literati identity |
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Female Agency and Art Making |
-Patrons, collaborators, collectors, inscribers -Su Hui (Hui-wen palindrome) -Empress Yang (calligrapher, patron, ghostwriter) |
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Three Distances in Painting |
-High, low, deep |
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Queen Mother of the West |
-Han deity -Immortality -West -Yin -Tomb tiles, wall paintings -Odd animals -Elixir of immortality |
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Silk Routes |
-Cross-cultural interaction -China to Mediterranean -Tang Dynasty -Influx of foreign techniques and cultures |
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Modular Production |
-Many identical pieces at once -Unified process -Different molds -Terracotta army, Dou-gong, Forbidden City |
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Forbidden City |
-Imperial palace from Ming to Qing -Central axis -Hierarchy -Yin & yang -Modular production -Micro-macro-cosmic resonance |
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Jingdezhen |
-Porcelain production center -Modular process -Yangzhi River -Kiln wood -Gaolin clay |
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Dou-Gong Architecture |
-Brackets -Dou: space // Gong: crosspiece -Entirely made of wood -Modular -Fine craftsmanship |
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Ji Cheng's "The Craft of Gardens" |
-First garden lit. monograph -Masterpiece of garden lit. -Interconnected natural landscape & garden building -Borrowing of forms |
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Dunhuang/Magao Caves |
-Thousands of Buddha sculptures/murals -Significance of Buddhism -Tang Dynasty -Economic boom |
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Ritual Bronzes |
-Religious role -Shang / Early Zhou -Wine, food, water vessels -Ritual use -Heavenly power of ruler |
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Painted Pottery |
-Neolithic (Yangshao) -Calligraphic, flexible brushstrokes -Organic -Earthenware |
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Tang Horses |
-3-colored earthenware ceramics -Tang Tombs -3 glazes -With other figures (musicians) -Cultural exchange b/w China and Middle Asia |
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Giuseppe Castiglione |
-Jesuit missionary -Court painter -Qianlong emperor -Linear perspective -Realism -Hybrid style b/w West and China |
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Qi |
-Swirling cloud motif -"Stuff" of universe -Qin Dynasty -Universality -Emperor's control over entire universe |
