Yuan Dynasty

I selected the Power Figure (Nkisi Nkondi) from The Brooklyn Museum’s Collections: Art of Africa. It was difficult to narrow the choice to only one. Each piece had so many eye catching elements. Each piece had its own story to tell and teach us about its history. The Nkisi Nkondi demanded my attention by the aggressive stature and glaring eyes. To fully appreciate this piece we need to learn its history. The Power Figure also known as Nkisi (in-KEE-see) Nkondi (in-CON-dee) came from the Kongo…

Accomplishments of the Sui and Tang Dynasty were both of architectural importance, allowing cities to flourish and trade practices to advance. For the Sui Dynasty, the Grand Canal changed trade within two major regions and the Tang developed an urban development scheme that can still be seen today. Noticeably contributing factors that separates humans from each other are religion and sheer geographical distance. During the 570’s and 580’s, there was a period of division within China that…

Shanti Gurung Prof. Montague History 101 10/18/2015 Tang Taizong, son of Li Yuan at 7th century launched a program of internal renewal and external expansion that would make it one of the greatest Chinese dynasties. Korea accepted tribute status and attempted to adopt Chinese model, and the Japanese official missions to China to learn more about its customs and institutions (Duiker 2013). The influence of Buddhism affected art, literature, philosophy, religion, and politics. With a population…

their art and religion they both are very different with the styles they used and even what they believed. In China they had several different dynasties which all of these dynasties have different ways of art and them believes. With the Yuan Dynasty which produced porcelain pottery, the Ming Dynasty which produced wood carving furniture, and the Qing Dynasty which produced western style paintings. Now in Japan it’s the same way with having different era’s. They are the Muromachi which produced…

nature” was adopted by the Emperors to govern the nation and rule the people. After that, the Dao philosophy was gradually transformed from a political belief into the religious group -- Daoism. Daoism climbed to its prosperous period during the Tang Dynasty: it became the national religion, and Lao Zi was treated as the Chinese ancestor. For a very long time in Chinese history, Daoism had a significant influence in Chinese art. According to the class notes, Unit 4, in the terms of philosophy…

The Sung Dynasty started in 960 and ended in 1279. It consisted of the Northern Sung, which lasted from 960 to 1127, and Southern Sung which lasted from 1127 to 1279. The economy they had was prosperous and was considered another period of ‘golden age’ after the Tang Dynasty (618-907). Northern Sung was founded by Zhou Kuangyin, who was a military general in the Latter Zhou. In 960, he launched a mutiny Chenqiao county (in current Henan Province). It wasn’t long after that the last king of the…

After the Han dynasty china was split into 3 different kingdoms. There are different reasons that china split into 3 kingdoms. What do u think it was like in china during the middle ages ? What type of religion was there in china during the middle ages ? One thing was that they were really powerful at some points in there times. The Sui dynasty started in 580 .Some reasons that the Sui kingdom fell apart were traders, bad army, and money problems. The last ruler before it fell apart was…

Ceremonial Bronze Gui This is a ceremonial bronze gui that was used in the late 11th and early 10th century, during the Zhou dynasty. It is currently in the Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. The image is a bronze gui. A gui is a bowl that was used to hold offerings. The bowl-shaped item has 2 handles on either side which sits on a box like stand. The majority of the gui is engraved with different carvings. The gui is mainly a dark green/grey colour. The sculpture is symmetrical because all…

technical complexity of some of the most stunning terra-cotta and copper cast sculptures to ever be constructed. Chapter four serves as an analysis of the various body and facial marking seen in different figurines and their relation to different dynasties and their excavated…

China to survive in the Qing Dynasty. Therefore, many people in China started joining the revolutionary movements led by Dr. Sun Yixian, and as a result, this led to the outbreak of the 1911 Revolution. However, during the Qing Dynasty and after 1911 Revolution, China was in chaos in both periods. In both periods, people suffered a lot. Although after 1911 Revolution, the situation of people living in China was comparatively much better than that of under the Qing Dynasty. Therefore, I am…