Transcript Standing figure (Guanghan Sanxingdui, China), Shang dynasty, c

Monday
• The Art of China P.P.
• Q & A’s over Non-Western Project
• Essays and Printed Outlines All due
Wednesday.
• Presentations Wednesday & Thursday
• Unit 3 Exam Friday
Art of China
Formal, Content, or Contextual Analysis.
• Partner up!
• Each group will take notes over 1 artwork,
and present it to the class. Write notes on
dry erase boards. (BIG!)
• What’s the content?
• What’s its context?
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Guangng Animal Form
Imperial Terracotta soldiers
Dai Funeral Banner
Lady Fend and the bear
Buddha of the Longmen Caves
Travelers among the mountains and
streams
7. Foguang Si Pagoda
8. Chopping Bamboo
Shang Dynasty
1500-1050 BCE
• 1st great Chinese dynasty of the Bronze Age
• Ruled from a series of capitals in the
Yellow River Valley
– (yellow river: transports yellow soil every year,
gave birth to Xin, Yin dynasties
Daoism
Confucianism
• Philosophy and religion
• The Dao (“the way”) described as
an unchanging principle from
which all things come to be.
• Asks for humans to return to
nature; take refuge in the natural
world. (ONESNESS With
NATURE)
• (contributes to science, medicine,
martial arts and literature)
• Stresses individual expression and
striving to find balance in one’s
life.
• Ying & Yang are Daoists symbols
• 551-479 BCE
• Emphasizes morality, loyalty,
generosity, and humanity.
• An ethical system based on 5
constant relationships (ex: father
& son, ruler & subject, husband &
wife)
• An important ingredient is
respect for traditional values.
• (Key role in solidifying court
behavior)
Gong of animal
forms (Anyang,
China), 12th or 11th
century BCE,
bronze
Shang dynasty/
gong (guang)/
zoomorphic/
symmetrical/
casting vs. firing/
varied animal
motifs/ Chinese
attitude toward
nature
Bi (disk) (late
Zhou dynasty),
3rd to 4th
century,
nephrite
Bi diskceremonial,
found in tombs,
round center,
symbolizing
heaven, use of
jade to suggest
rank and
status/ Chinese
dragons good
luck
Similarities
• Share the idea that anyone can cultivate
wisdom or ability , regardless of birth
Tomb of Qin Shin Huangdi
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1st emperor of China
Subterranean army was born
Individualized
Terracotta
Statues with armor
Life size
Army to protect in emperor
Soldiers of the Imperial Bodyguard, tomb of the
Chinese emperor Shi Huangdi (Shaanxi, China)
c. 210 BCE, painted terracotta
6,000 life-size terracotta soldiers used to convey
power and authority/ Daoism seen in the individuality
of the sculptures/ guardians in the next world
weapons of war
The Great Wall
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RsUEZtcUFg&safety_mode=true&persist_safety
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Funeral banner from
the Tomb of Dai
(Western Han dynasty),
c. 168 BCE, painted silk
Han dynasty/
realms of heaven and earth
reappearance of a “bi”
the raven and the toad/ the Silk Road
Attributed to Gu Kaizhi. Lady Feng and the Bear,
detail of Admonitions of the Instructress… (Period of
Disunity), late fourth century CE
Gu Zaizhi/ Period of Disunity/ the Chinese handsroll/
absence of a setting/ Xie He’s Six Laws
Xie He’s 6 Canons
• Sense of movement through spirit
consonance
• Use of brush with the bone method
• Respond to things, depict their forms
• According to kind, describe appearance
with color
• Dividing planning, positions in, and
arranging
Tang
dynasty/
arrival of
Buddhism in
China/
suppressed
surface
detail in the
interest of
monumental
simplicity
Fan Kuan. Travelers among
Mountains and Streams
(Northern Song dynasty), early
eleventh century, hanging scroll,
ink and colors on silk
Fan Kuan/ Northern Song
Dynasty/ Daoism/ painting on
silk/ “li” and “qi”/ humans in the
vast scale of nature/ a shifting
perspective/ use of mist to
separate the background from
the foreground/ NeoConfucianism
Guo Xi. Early Spring,
1000-1090 CE, ink on silk
Guo Xi/ Daoist paradise
and an interest in
seasonal change/ three
types of distance (high,
deep, and level)/
inclusion of seals and
inscriptions on paintings/
focus on intricate details
and the character of
each line
Foguang Si Pagoda (Liao dynasty)(Yingxian, China), 1056
the pagoda / projecting eaves and
cantilevered balconies/ the axis mundi
Right: Great Wild Goose pagoda
(Tang dynasty), c. 652-704 CE
Ma Yuan. Bare
Willows and Distant
Mountains
(Southern Song
dynasty),
thirteenth century
CE, album leaf, ink
and colors on silk
Ma Yuan/ Southern
Song court style/
composed on a
diagonal to form
the Mia/Xia style
Liang Kai. The Sixth Chan
Patriarch Chopping Bamboo,
thirteenth century, hanging
scroll
Liang Kai/ Chan Buddhism/ the
“Chan moment”/ use of the
“spontaneous” stroke
Hall of Supreme Harmony, Forbidden City (Beijing),
Ming and Qing dynasties