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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?
1. Guangng Animal Form
2. Imperial Terracotta soldiers
3. Dai Funeral Banner
4. Lady Fend and the bear
5. Buddha of the Longmen Caves
6. Travelers among the mountains and streams
7. Foguang Si Pagoda
8. Chopping Bamboo
Shang Dynasty1500-1050 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• 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
Confucianism• 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 disk- ceremonial,
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
• 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=RsUE-ZtcUFg&safety_mode=true&persist_safety_mode=1
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/ Neo-Confucianism
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