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71 Cards in this Set
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Tang Dynasty
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618-907 CE
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court painters
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painters working under the court, painted for royal or noble family
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Zhang Xuan
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famous court painter. "Ladies Preparing Newly Woven Silk"
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Li Zhaodao 670-739 CE
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famous painter. son of li sixun. uses colors of blue, green, and gold.
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Xie He c.500 CE
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painter and aesthetician and critic.
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6 cannons of paintings
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theory by Xie He. 1. animation through spirit consonance 2. structural method in use of the brush 3. fidelity to object in portraying forms 4. conformity to kind in applying color 5. proper planning in the placement of elements 6. transmission of exp. of the past in making copies
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"Women Preparing Newly Woven Silk"
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Zhang Xuan. 8th century. ink and color on silk. hand scroll. Tand Dynasty. *maturation of court women
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"Emperor Ming Huang's Journey into Shu"
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Li Zhaodao. early land scape painting. hanging scroll. 8th century. Tang Dynasty. right side: emperor ming fleeing with concubines. middle: pack of mules resting. left:pack train is on its way heading up the steep trail
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Song Dynasty
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northern song: 960-1127 (Monumental style, vertical hanging)
southern sogn: 1127-1279 (Lyrical style) |
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"A Solitary Temple amid Clearing Peaks"
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Li Cheng. 10th century. Northern song. landscape painting. ink on silk. hanging scroll. monumental style. NEO CONFUCIANISM applied. top:daoism (nature. balance with water and mountain)
middle: buddhist realm (buddhist temple anchors) bottom: human world (confucian realm, foot travelers) |
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"Travelers among Mountains and Streams"
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Fan Kuan. 11th century. Norther song. landsacpe. ink on silk. monumental style. massive mountain: emperor. axially symmetrical monumental configs: imperial institution. three part structure= neo-confucianism (earth, nature, men) human is small, not important. nature/universe as a whole
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"Sail Boat in the Rain"
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13th century. Southern Song. landscape painting. ink on silk. album leaf. LYRIC style. by Xia Gui. small landscape formats. more lyrical treatment. poetry / painting. forms suggested rather than depicted. more moist than ink. assymetrical: nature is unknown to human
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Confucius
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551 BCE founder of a non-metaphysical and humanistic philosophy
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Neo-confucian philosophy
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10th-12th century. combines daoism, confucianism, and buddhism. li: governing principles and dao-ji: first daoist principle
qi: breath of life |
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Daoism
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chinese nature philosophy centered around the first Daoist book (Dae de)
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Chan
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Chan buddhist painting style: Mu Qi. strong bold brush strokes rather than details.
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literati painters/ wenren
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gentlemen scholar painters. educated members who painted in the Yuan Dynasty. painted on paper. suffered from the mongols.
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Yuan Dynasty
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1279-1368
China under Mongol rule Kubilai Khan |
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li
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ordering principle in life
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qi
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breath of life
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monochrome ink painting
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black ink only applied in varying intensity CHAN
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Ming Dynasty
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1368-1644
Over from the mongols. New chinese rule. |
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"Bamboo, Rock, and Tall Tree"
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Ni Zan. 14th century. hanging scroll. ink on paper. wenren example. no background. tree= true scholar gentlemen. no human= Ni Zan. pine trees and bamboo: strong in weather. tall tree: difficulty under the mongols. expresses melancholy
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"Poet on a Mountaintop"
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Shen Zhou. ink and slight color on paper. album leaf. 15th century. literati, wenren painting. Ming Dynasty (Wu school founder). fusion of southern song (lyrical) and yuan (pressure from mongols). landscape= independence, lonliness, self-appreciation of scholars.
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"Gardeners"
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Shen Zhou. ink and slight color on paper. album leaf. 15th century literati painting. harmony of human beings in nature. has an open gate in the garden.
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The Three Perfections
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Painting, Calligraphy, and Poetry
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Scholar-painters
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the literati, wenren tradition
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"The Tale of Genji scroll"
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Lady Murasaki Shikibu. 1000 CE. illustration by Takayoshi. 12 century. Heian period. ink and color on paper. WOMAN's picture= onna-e
narrative novel of prince hikaru genji. first novel. all acts have consequences (buddhist realm) |
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"The Animal Scroll"
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Toba Sojo. late 12th century. japan. monochrome ink on paper. handscroll. MEN's picture= otoko-e. satirical, political..involves masculin
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"Burning of the Sanjo Palace"
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Heiji monogatari scroll/tale of Heiji scroll. ink and color on paper. 13th century. Kamakura period. MEN's picture= otoko-e. masculin subject. emaki.
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yamato-e
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native japanese style paintings, heian period
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e-maki
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illustrated handscrolls. usually narrative in content
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women's picture
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onna-e. feminist side. shows beauty. delicacy. details. tale of genji. decorous elegance (does not mean painters were female)
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men's picture
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otoko-e. tale of heiji. animal scroll. masculinity, satire, politics. freely brushed. public occurences.
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blown-roof technique
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roofless, bird's eye view. USED in tale of genji, (open roofs, can see inside)
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slit-eyes, hooked noses
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a facial feature USED in tale of genji
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Heian period
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897-1185
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kamakura period
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1185-1333
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muromachi period
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14th 16th century japan. aka. ashikaga.(1336-1573)
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"Winter Landscape"
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Sesshu. 1470's. hanging scroll. ink on paper. emphasize simplicity. similar to Li Cheng's Solitary Temple. reduced to essentials. firm bold brush strokes. zen conception of life.
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Dry Garden
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Soami. Muromachi period. sand, stone, wood. Ryoan-ji, Kyoto, Japan. Zen style garden. meditate to the veranda to achieve spiritual purification and inner tranquility.
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Tai-an Tea House
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Sen no Rikyu (Tea master, 1522-1591). 16th century Japan. tea served as stimulant to aid their study and meditation/ medicinal beverage. HARMONY, RESPECT, PURITY, TRANQUILITY. made of all natural materials. zen buddhism (simple/rustic/elegant/subtle/natural design). Tokonoma niche (hanging scroll)
HAD a millitary patronage: shogun hideyoshi. |
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Sesshu
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1420-1506. Japanese Zen monk painter of the Muromachi period. he was influenced by the Chinese painting styles. traveled china between 1467 1469 and studied song dynasty (monumental+lyrical)
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haboku
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painting style "splashed ink". soft, wet, explosive brush strokes used by Sesshu.
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cha no yu
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tea ceremony, landscapr architecture
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Dry (temple of Ryoanji) wet garden
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Temple of Ryoanji and Katsura Imperial Gardens
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Requirements for a tea ceremony
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Purity, Respect, Harmony, Tranquility
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wabi
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zen aesthetic principle. quiet simplicity
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sabi
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zen aesthetic principle. lacking in assertiveness of the new. humble.
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tokonoma
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niche in a tea room to display Zen inspired art objects
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tea implements
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iron watter kettle. bamboo water dipper. stoneware vessel for cold water. tea bowls. powdered green tea from caddy. bamboo whisk for mixing tea and water. incense from special box. silk napkin.
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Edo period
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1603-1868 Japan
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"The Great Wave"
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Hokusai. 1831. wood block print from "thirty six views of mt. fuji" example of Ukiyo-e. wide range of prints (women, sumo, birds, flowers)
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"Rain Shower at Ohashi Bridge"
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Hiroshige. 1858. polychrome woodblock print on paper. "Hundred views of Edo series".
Van Gogh was interested in Hiroshige. |
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"Segawa Tomisaburo"
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Sharaku. 1794. wood block print. edo period japan. shows the actor's character as well as the kabuki. well known for kabuki prints. actor prints.
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Ukiyo-e
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pictures of the "floating world", pictures of the everday life and world. depicting activities of leisure, theater, dancing, love-making, festivals. art associated with the popular art of woodblock prints (cheap, mass production for middle class).
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Ukiyo
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floating world". buddhist term used to describe the impermanence of the world of humans. all things are ephemeral.
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People's Republic of China
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1949-present
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"With Love, Whitney"
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Yu Youhan. 1992. acrylic on canvas. political pop painting. reflects mao craze. avant garde movement. responsibility to society.
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"Book from the Sky"
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Xu Bing. 1988. chinese avant-garde installation piece. long religious meaningless texts from ceiling. newspapers. re-written chinese characters.
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"Ping Pong Mao"
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Zhang Hongtu. 1995. polotical pop artwork. reflects mao craze. materialistic art/ playing with mao's figure.
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"Dropping of the Han Dynasty Urn"
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Ai Wei Wei. 1995. a triptych of gelatin silver prints. dropping a vase. demonstrates his questioning towards cultural values and social history.
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political pop
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chinese politically charged themes drawing on the style of presentation common to american pop artists such as andy warhol.
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"White Circle"
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Yoshihara, Jiro. 1970. acrylic on canvas. Gutai artist. Thought art making was an act of freedom, and a gesture of individual spirit.
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"Electric Dress"
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Tanaka, Atsuko. 1957. Gutai artist.
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Gutai
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concreteness" signified concrete enactments of an individual character, emotions, and thought in opposition to intellectual.
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"Hinomaru Illumination"
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Yanagi, Yukinori. 1991. neon and painted steel with ceramic haniwa figures. DISILLUSION OF NATIONAL IDENTITY IN MODERN TIMES APPEALS THE SHINTO PAST
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"Infinity Nets"
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Kusama, Yayoi. 1951. ink on paper. dot obssession. neurosis, mild mental diesease.
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"Cut Piece"
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Ono, Yoko. 1964-1966. woman getting cut by scissors to her clothing.
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"Smooth Nightmare"
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Murakami, Takashi. 2000. acrylic on canvas. example of a superflat.
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superflat
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post modern art movement in japan founded by takashi murakami, involves flattened forms of japanese graphic art, animation, pop culture
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