Barron's: Chapter 24 - Chinese and Korean Art Flashcards
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Time Period
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- From Prehistoric Times to the Present
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Essential Knowledge
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- Ancient ceramics survive from China and India
- Religious beliefs developed locally, but spread throughout Asia
- Rich artistic traditions were exchanged throughout the great civilizations of Asia
- Ancient belief systems, called Indic, spread throughout the region, eventually developing into religions like Hinduism and Buddhism
- Buddhism spread through east Asia. Chinese religions were influenced by Buddhism and stressed living in harmony with nature and one another. Daoism and Confucianism emphasized living ethically within society’s boundaries.
- Buddhism is a visual art form, noted for its religious images and narratives
- Islam, Christianity, and ancient European cultures play a role in Asian art
- Architecture is best expressed by religious temples, shrines, and rock-cut caves
- Chinese art is characterized by paintings on scrolls with limited color
- There is a wide range of materials used in this region
- Uniquely Asian art forms include Buddhist and Hindu images and buildings
- Calligraphy is a central art form in Chinese art
- The Silk Road was key to the spread of artistic styles
- Asian art shows evidence of the interconnectivity of regional school with the wider world
- Asian art heavily influenced the art of Europe
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Forbidden Cit
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- fifteenth century
- Ming Dynasty
- stone masonry, marble, brick, wood, ceramic tile
- Beijing, China
- Cross-Cultural Comparisons: Centers of Power
- Versailles
- Nan Madol
- Barry and Pugin, Houses of Parliament
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Funeral Banner of Lady Dai (Xin Zhui)
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- 180 B.C.E.
- painted silk
- Hunan Provincial Museum, Changsha
- Cross-Cultural Comparisons: Fabric Arts
- Hiapo
- All-T’oqapu Tunic
- Ringgold, Dancing at the Louvre
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Travelers among Mountains and Streams
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- Fan Kuan
- c. 1000
- ink on silk
- National Palace Museum, Taipei, Taiwan
- Cross-Cultural Comparisons: Figures Set in Landscape
- Cole, The Oxbow
- Breughel, Hunters in the Snow
- Circle of the Gonzalez Family, Screen with Hunting Scenes
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Portrait of Sin Sukju
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- 1417-1475
- ink and color on silk
- Cross-Cultural Comparisons: Painting Technique
- Oil: Campin (?) Annunciation Triptych
- Fresco: Rivera, Dream of a Sunday Afternoon in the Alameda Park
- Ink and Penicl: Smith, Lying with the Wolf
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Chairman Mao En Route to Anyuan
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- based on an oil painting by Liu Chunhua
- 1969
- color lithograph
- Private Collection
- Cross-Cultural Comparisons: Non-Western Works Using Western Ideas
- Bandolier Bag
- Lindauer, Tamati Waka Nene
- Frontispiece from the Codez Mendoza
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Army of Emperor Shi Huangdi
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- painted erra-cotta
- c. 221-209 B.C.E.
- Qin Dynasty
- Lintong, China
- Cross-Cultural Comparisons: Buried Works
- Tomb of Tutankhamun
- Catacomb of Priscilla
- Tomb of the Triclinium
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Longmen Caves
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- 493-1127
- Tang Dynasty
- limestone
- Luoyang China
- Cross-Cultural Comparisons: Grand Outdoor Sculpture
- Great Altar of Zeus and Athena at Pergamon
- Bamiyan Buddha
- Moai
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Gold and jade crown
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- fifth-sixth century
- metalwork
- National Museum of Korea, Seoul, South Korea
- Cross-Cultural Comparisons: Metalwork
- Merovingian Looped Fibula
- Golden Stool
- El Anatsui, Old Man’s Cloth
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The David Vases
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- 1351
- white porcelain with cobalt under glaze
- British Museum, London
- Cross-Cultural Connections: Porcelain and Ceramic
- Martinez, Black-on-black ceramic vessel
- Niobid Krater
- Terra-Cotta Warriors
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Bi
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- a round ceremonial disk found in ancient Chinese tombs; characterized by having a circular hole in the center, which may have symbolized heaven
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Bodhisattva
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- a deity who refrains from entering nirvana to help others
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Coiling
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- a method of creating pottery in which a rope-like strand of clay is wrapped and layered into a shape before being fire in a kiln
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Colophon
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- a commentary on the end panel of a Chinese hand-scroll; an inscription at the end of a manuscript containing relevant information on its publication
