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40 Cards in this Set
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Funeral Banner of Marquise of Dai c. 168 BC |
-full of symbolism -chinese costology -funerary banner -about girl in center -2 servants behind her, 2 people paying her homage -dead being sent to Heavens -dragons are dominating the painting(traveling through heaven and earth) -bi disk between life and death. dragons are interweaving through them -symbolic gateway for the soul to pass through to purify it -top contains legends(the nine suns) -dragons unify |
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Shang Guang 12th-11th century BC |
-vessel(wine pouring)- has a lid to protect wine in it -ceramics exchanged w/ bronze -artisans are good at it -thicker and more skill involved -made w/idea of mold -makes each part its own piece -molds were made to be destroyed and only meant to get one object out of each -decoration is almost unique -taotie: animal faces that appear on the side of vessels (dragon like figures) |
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Bi Disk 4th-3rd century BC |
made out of jade -hard material -cant just carve at it, you need abrasives such as sand -sought after objects
Bi Disks original purpose is unknown
found in burial sights at head, chest or feet. -some think it represents heaven -crossroads between heaven and earth
the more decorative the more sought after because they are difficult to make -they are considered a status item
requires great patience as well as superior skill
dragons symbolism: dragons have water, fly between heaven and earth, bring rain, good fortune to Asia |
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Army of the First Emperor of Qin c. 210 BC |
-this was shocking. they thought they found evidence of Alexander the great(wrong) -completely chinese -after Qin dies this type of work dies out -unique to this dynasty -not precidented or repeated -enormous army(every rank is included) -over 7000 individuals -made from molds that were mixed and matched -painted after -uniforms are accurate to their rank -arrows were poisioned tipped with lead |
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Shakyamuni Buddha AD 338 |
-historical buddha -gilded bronze-bronze covered in gold -tiny -dated so we know when it was made -chinese artist, uneducated in Buddhism, trying to create Buddhist art -the mudras are wrong |
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Shakyamuni & Prabhutaratna AD 518 |
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Vairocana Buddha AD 676 |
-sits above time and space -eternal buddha -absolute wisdom -personification of the wheel->keeper of the law -bodhistava: individuals that try and find enlightenment but once they get there they stop and try and guide others there -massive -when this was made china was ruled by an empress -the face they used is so so important because it tells you so so much |
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Fan Kuan Travelers among Mountains & Streams 11th cent. AD |
-hanging scroll: 7ft tall -ink on silk(why most are dark) -tried to capture the essence of nature -tiny, tiny donkey train in the bottom right hand corner -everything is so small and then BAM! mountain -nothing full of something -brushstrokes communicate mood -obsessed with feelings and mood of nature -nature is the best teacher -shunned cosmopolitan life |
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Foguang Si Pagoda AD 1056 |
-read on own p. 467 |
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Ma Yuan On A Mountain Path in Spring 13th century AD |
-off balance-lower left corner -characteristic of southern song art -the space in not nothing *what is he looking at *theres a poem there *path of mountains fade out to nothingness-makes you think/ponder -sadness-time period-this is the beginning of the end -emptiness-going off into the unknown whats going to happen? |
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Liang Kai Sixth Chan Patriarch Chopping Bamboo 13th Cent. AD |
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The Forbidden City 15th century AD |
-entire pursue to support the chinese emperor -forbidden to anyone but the emperor and those he allows in -gateway, walls and moats seperate the emperor from the people -3 rusted walled cities and forbidden city is the center -hall of supreme harmony-throne room *tallest *this is where he meets people *its his duty to hold supreme harmony *highly symmetrical -fung shew -everything faces south, back to the north -evil spirits can only travel straight, therefore they cant get to him -filled with symbolism dragon: imperial, symbol of life, represents prayer going up to the gods crane: long jevide numerology:5,3,9 5-basic confusis principles(tradtion) 3-realms 9-(3,3)
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Wu Zhen Stalks of Bamboo by a Rock AD 1347 |
-bamboo is thin-flexible -bends in the wind but doesnt brake -loose-individual stalks -very stratigically placed -stalks are personal like handwriting -rock-ghostly fading out -nothing rock like about it -we are people dominated by people
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Shen Zhou Lofty Mount Lu AD 1467 |
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Dong Qichang Dwelling in the Qingbian Mountains AD 1617 |
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Shitao Man in a House beneath a Cliff 17th century AD |
-artist reexamining their position -reject Chinese traditions -creates first line/single brush stroke -most important is your first action because everything evolves from that -artist is a monk -mountains->dark lines that look like lightning(alive and shocking) -dead center is his home/him -allows you to see him -flipped convention -almost looks like an earthquake -harmony of opposites |
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Giuseppe Castiglione Auspicious Objects AD 1724 |
-mixing of european and chinese traditional styles -almost perfect -european->realist -light sources and shadows -chinese->symbolism and formations -birthday gift for the emperor -academic -pine tree represents long life because it is evergreen -so do rocks and red mushrooms
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Ye Yushan Rent Collection Courtyard AD 1965 |
-100yds long -114 life sized figures -communist depiction of the repression of the dynastic period -poor man is begging for more time so his family doesnt starve -you go to debters prision if you cant pay or sell your children -propaganda-w/out communist this is how your life will be like
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Xu Bing A Book From the Sky AD 1987 |
-in prison for not following communist art rules -fled here -looks back on chinese tradition to do this -printing press. books. long stripes of paper -caligraphy -books cant be read because they are fake chinese characters -meant to critique to meaningless of contemporary political language as a commentary on the illegibility of the past.
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Wu Guanzhong Wild Vines with Flowers like Pearls AD 1997 |
-abstact expressionism -free formed -flowers, nature, and poetry -work is very free -envoke a mood give a look at his soul -nothing real about it -active emotional president -free compostion and bold brush strokes -wildness of nature -modern, east and west
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Yellow River Civilization
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3 IMPORTANT ONES: 1. Bonpo: pottery distinctive in personality 2. Yangshao: pottery large with swirley designs 3. Longshan: ceramic vessels each distinct in purpose
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Daoism |
Laozi (6th century BC)
IDEAS: -Harmony with nature and avoid the artifical -strength from flexibility and inaction -stress on yeilding, accepting, a joyous, carefree attitude -Tao(the way): the ultimate reality, unproduced producer of all that is. -Qi: the life-force that pervades all things -Wu-Wei: to orient oneself with the Tao so that your actions go unnoticed -Yin-Yang: the balance of the cosmic opposites |
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Pagoda |
a hindu or buddhist temple or sacred building, typically a many tiered tower, in India and East Asia |
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Dynasty |
-a line of rulers from the same family |
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"Great Proletariat Cultural Revolution"
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-transform education, literature, and art -abolish the four olds -socialist realism
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"The Arts of the Brush" |
the three perfections caligraphy, poetry, painting |
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Socialist Realism |
-style of realistic art
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Confucianism |
Kong Fuz; (Confucius) 551-479BC A philosophy rather than a religion compatible with other religious traditions -Junzi: gentlemanliness -Ren: virtues and righteousness, humaness -li: ritual norms, decorum, formality Respect for heirarchal relationships -respect given, get respect in return Traditions unite people and create order -similarities bring people together
+THIS GAVE PEOPLE SOMETHING TO HOLD ON TO WHILE THEIR LEADERS WERE HAVING PROBLEMS+ |
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"Literati Art" vs. "Academic Art" |
Literati -scholar artist who shunned court life for a more personal art.
Academic -court style |
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"Northern School" vs. "Southern School" |
Northern-Academic Southern-Literati |
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"The Three Perfections" |
-"The Arts of the Brush" in this order:calligraphy, painting, poetry |
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Chinoiserie |
an 18th century European fascination for Chinese culture |
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Handscrolls |
a horizontal painted scroll that is unrolled right to left, section by section, and often used to present illustrated religious texts or landscapes. |
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Hanging Scrolls |
a vertical scroll hung on a wall with pictures mounted or painted directly on it |
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Shang |
-first historical dynasty -saw developments of Chinese culture( writing, religion, social structure) -demonized throughout much of early Chinese history |
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Qin |
-first unification of China -standardizes moneys, weights, and measures, etc -codifies written language -engineering feats rival imperical Rome -rearranged government, introduced civil service exams for officials
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Han |
-overthrows short-lived Qin Dynasty -Confusionism established as official rules of conduct -direct trade between Rome and China
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Song |
*Northern: -provided a functional and progressive government -emperors were great patrons of the arts -painting hits it zenith
*Southern: -capital moves south to avoid conquest -tries to continue conventions of previous kingdoms -Finally conquered by the Mongolians |
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Yuan |
-founded by Kublai Khan, AD 1279 -most advanced civilization in Eastern Hemisphere -marks permanent serperation between court(academic) painting and literati(elite) art. |
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Qing |
-foreigners invade from Manchuria -relationship between literati and court similar to that during Yuan dynasty -no difficulty adapting to Chinese culture -formation of present tastes concerning artwork of the past
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