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Autobiography (in cursive script)
777, Tang Dynasty
"Drunken Monk" Huai Su
Cloud Gate Dance Theater of Taiwan dances to this |
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Preface to the Poems Composed at the Orchid Pavillion
303-361
Wang Xizhi
Running script style; praised for its spontaneity and lively rhythmic energy |
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Cold Food Festival
1037-1101
Su Shi
In the style of Free Running Script |
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Old Tree and Rock
11th c, Northern Song Dynasty
Su Shi
Expected to sell at Christie's for $51M, one of the Rarest paintings in China |
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Elegant Rocks and Sparse Trees
14th c, Yuan Dynasty
Zhao Mengfu
Rocks in cursive script, trees in seal script, bamboo in clerical script. |
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Spring Festival on a River (Qingming Scroll)
Early 12th c, Northern Song Dynasty
Henan Province
Zhang Zeduan
Jiehua "ruled-line painting," is exhibited here and was now recognized as its own genre. essentially pictures of carpentered objects drawn with a ruler, like buildings and ships. goal here was intricacy of detail and emphasis on repeatable, precise measurement in commercial culture |
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Beams from Neolithic Site
Hemudu, Zhejiang
ca. 5000 BC |
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Mural of Mt. Wutai, West Wall, Cave 61
Mogao, Dunhuang, Gansu
10th c |
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Front view of Foguang Temple main hall
A.D. 857
Mount Wutai, Shanxi Province |
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| Dougong Bracketing System |
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The Sakyamuni Pagoda of Fogong Temple
1056, Liao Dynasty
Shanxi Province
54 different types of Dougong.
About 220' tall and octagonal.
The oldest fully wooden pagoda in China.
Dougong are located on mezzanine layers. |
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Yingzao Fashi
Li Jie
Northern Song Dynasty, 1103
Book deals with technical standards for building and woodcarving. Purpose was to establish national regulations. Was distributed to the public after being approved by the emperor. |
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Deyou Daoist Monastery
Mount. Mao, Jiang Su Province
First built in Yuan Dynasty, 14th c,
burnt down in WWII
Rebuilt in 2016, designed by Tao Jin |
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Early Spring
1072
Guo Xi
Painter signed and sealed the piece.
Great mountain represents the chief/lord, and the tall pine represents the noblemen.
There are buildings and people throughout, even towards the summit.
Ideas of "high" (from below to summit), "deep" (from front to back), and "level" (from one mountain to another) distances. |
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Gazing at a Waterfall
1190 - 1225
Ma Yuan |
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Watching the Deer by a Pine-Shaded Stream
1190-1225
Ma Yuan |
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Night Outing with Candles
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Pure and Remote Views of Streams and Mountains
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European Traders Exchanging Coins for Paper Money
Boucicault Master, ca. 1400
Paris
Paper money, and a depiction of Marco Polo's travels in a French manuscript |
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Seated couple in front of a standing screen
1269, Yuan dynasty
Pucheng, Shaanxi province |
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"Cloth of Gold" with Medallions, textiles-woven
14th century, Yuan dynasty |
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Khubilai Khan Hunting
1280
Liu Guandao (Yuan Dynasty court painter)
In the desert, a hunting scene since the Mongols were outdoorsy people
The emperor wears flamboyant colors and a thick animal fur robe
Non-chinese (African) figure as well
Their accessories are notable as well, as well as the functionality of their clothing (undergarment exposed to protect/mobilize arm while hunting through archery, look more into this)
Mongols invented the stirrups, kept them grounded while riding their horses - they liked to turn around to hunt their enemies
They had falcons to hunt the birds that are seen in many textile motifs (that we thought were geese i guess) |
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Imperial portraits of Khubilai Khan and his Wife
Color wash dominates instead of harsh lines
Everything is very soft
Faces are slightly more frontal instead of ¾ view
Mongolian taste for bright colors (like opaque red) |
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Imperial portraits of Khubilai Khan and his Wife
Color wash dominates instead of harsh lines
Everything is very soft
Faces are slightly more frontal instead of ¾ view
Mongolian taste for bright colors (like opaque red) |
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| Picturing Constellation on the ceiling of a tomb, 2nd century, Han dynasty, Shaanxi province |
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| A celestial map painted on the ceiling of Yuan Yi’s tombLuoyang, Henan provinceDated 526Northern Wei dynasty |
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| Painted Ceiling from a Liao Tomb, 1116Something new: note that the exotic images of the Babylonian zodiac is included here for the first time |
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Tomb of Han Xiu
740 CE
Xi’an, Shaanxi
*Excavated in 2015 |
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| Landscape mural from a tomb of a Daoist priest Feng Daozhen, 1265, Yuan dynasty*Monochrome (ink) |
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Painted Tomb 1099, Northern Song dynasty Baisha, Henan province
Gates emphasized idea of "crossing over" |
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| Liao tomb in Xuanhua, Hebei province, 1093-1117 |
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| Glass ewer excavated from the tomb of Princess of ChenSyria or Egypt, 1018 or earlierHeight 17 cm |
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Amber earrings and necklace excavated from the tomb of Princess of ChenLiao dynasty, 1018 or earlierInner Mongolia Autonomous region
*They were made of Baltic amber from northern Europe and not from China |
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Tibetan Buddhist Tapestry Made in the Yuan Capital Dadu, 1330-1332
Central Asian tapestry-weaving techniques and Indo-Himalayan imagery are here combined to stunning effect in this spectacular mandala, which was most likely used during an initiation ceremony at court. The donors at the bottom left are identified by Tibetan inscriptions as two of Khubilai Khan's great-grandsons: Tugh Temür, who reigned twice as emperor between 1328 and 1332, and his brother Khoshila, who reigned briefly in 1329. Their respective spouses are shown at the far right. This combination of individuals helps date the work to the period between 1330 and 1332.The tapestry belongs to an Indo-Himalayan tradition of palace-architecture mandalas in which the principal deity, in this case Yamantaka-Vajrabhairava, stands in a circle within a square with gateways at the four cardinal directions and further enclosed by three additional rings. Yamantaka, shown with the head of a bull, conquers Yama, the Lord of Death, and by extension transcends death entirely. Like all terrifying protectors, Yamantaka takes many manifestations, a reflection of his enormous power. In this manifestation, he also embodies the powers of Vajrabhairava, who has the ability to spur destruction and thereby renewal. |
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Jesus Christ as a Manichaean Prophet14th century Chinese paintingYuan dynasty Now in a Buddhist temple in Japan (Seiun-ji)
Manichaeanism celebrates purity and light as the divine. It traveled along the Silk Road and survived only in Fujian |
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| Statue of prophet Mani as the “Buddha of Light” in Cao’an Temple in Jinjiang, Fujian province, "a Manichaean temple in Buddhist disguise",which is considered "the only extant Manichean temple in China" |
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Christian gravestone of Katerina Vilionis
Latin memorial engraved in Gothic script, with scenes of Saint Catherine’s martyrdom
Yangzhou Museum
Jiangsu province |
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Ten Kings of Hell
Ningbo workshop painting, before 1195
Met
Compare to Nestorian tombstone also depicting a breaking wheel martyrdom |
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| Mosque in QuanzhouFounded in 1009*This is the only medieval mosque still intact in Quanzhou |
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| Blue and White porcelainCharger with Foliate Rim and Peacock DecorationMid-14th century Jingdezhen production Jiangxi province |
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Tibetan-style Tanga
Tibetan stupa, tibetan-style Tanga painting (small chambered monks forming a mandala around the teacher, lama, in the middle, kind of a meta-meditative-analysis. Lama is in a sort of meditative stance, holding up a mudra, sitting on a throne. Using color gradation to depict jewels. 3D-effect, may be stylistic origin of similar concepts in Imperial Portraiture) |
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| The Master of the Nets Gardenin Suzhou |
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| The Lion Grove Garden in Suzhou (1342) |
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| Liu Garden, Suzhou, 16th century, Ming dynasty |
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Emperor Huizong
Auspicious Dragon Rock
Northern Song dynasty
12th century |
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Du Qiong, The Views of Southern Villa, 1443
“Garage” to park your boat |
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Shen Zhou
(1427-1509 Album of the Eastern Village (24 leafs)
Ming dynasty
Obviously wealthy, due to how much land depicted. Can’t even see fences or anything like that; feels very rural |
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Wen Zhengming
Garden of the Inept Administrator
1551
Ming dynasty
Rock in foreground directly in front of a banana tree
Aerial perspective almost on one leaf, of the building on an island. Totally protected, very private
Earlier, archaic convention (recalls stone rubbings of the Tang-dynasty Wang Wei’s Wangchuan Villa)
Album of 8 leaves |
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Du Qiong
Befriending the Pines
Ming dynasty (1368-1644)
15th century Handscroll, ink and colors on paper |
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After Xie Huan
Elegant Gathering in the Apricot Garden
1437, Ming dynasty
Typical aspects of garden. Rock, grove, Crane, and sense of showing off |
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"Southern Song Prototype"
Literary Gathering in the West Garden by Ma Yuan |
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| Didactic Painting: Classics of Filial Piety for Women Southern Song dynasty (1127-1279), ink and color on silk |
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| Han dynasty (2nd century?) stone relief carvings found in a tomb in Sichuan province |
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Han Xizhai
Night Party
11th c.
invisible, subtle, symbolic. use of men's gaze and touch |
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| Zhou Fang (A court painter in the Tang Dynasty) Court Ladies Wearing Flowered HeaddressesTang Dynasty (8th century) |
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| Emperor Huizong (early 12th century, Northern Song dynasty) Ladies Preparing Newly Woven SilkCopy of an 8th century painting by a court painter Zhang Xuan |
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