Art History

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Name:Bowl painted with human face and fish

Period:Neolithic Period, Yangshao Culture

Material: Painted Pottery

Purpose:Food and wine container

Description:

Mask, fishbone(culture of fishing and hunting) with 

Burial Urn,

Yangshao Culture-painted pottery

Black and dark brown colors

Neolithic  Period

Water Container

Kui Pitcher

Longshan Culture (black pottery)

Neo lithic Period

No painted images during this period but still has decorative patterns

More functional with legs, handles for water pitcher then yangshao culture

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Prismatic Tube (Cong)

Function we don’t know but possible function is

Lines as decoration

Liangzhu Culture

Neolithic

Name:Jue,

Function:Ritual Wine Vessel( not daily life use)

Dynasty:Xia, Early Shang

Material: Bronze

Description:Tripod shape (no decoration)

             Piece mode casting technique( at least 4 )

                    with handles

                    it is difficult to drink

                    with 3 legs that show the knowledge they know of it by now 

Name: Ding

Function: Ritual Wine or Food Vessel

Dynasty: Shang Style: (style 1)

Description: greased line , one band, the taotie motif with eyes

Name: Li He

Function: Ritual Wine Vessel

Style:(style 2 ) a raised band

Dynasty: Early Shang period

Description: Not used in daily life

Name:Ding

Function: Ritual Food Vessel

Style: Style 4

Dynasty: Late Shang Period

Description:cover all of the body, spiral pattern,

Name:Square ding

Style: Style 5 -motif is raised simple to complicated

Function: Ritual Food Vessel

Material: Bronze

Dynasty: Late Shang Dynasty

Description: 1stInscription  seen(Fu Hao)

Name: Figure standing on pedestal

Function :Ritual used but not known the purpose

Dynasty :late Shang period( bronze)

Description: Found in Sanxingdui

    Casting technique is the highest level because it is a large object

    Detail image of human face although distorted and exaggerated

Name:Hu,

Dynasty:WesternZhou Period( bronze age)(still used piece mode casting technique)(2d)

Function is

Description:More complicated handles, motifs,& geometric patterns are more simple

Name:SquareBased Vessel

Dynasty:Eastern Zhou(warring state period)

Material: Bronze

Function:

Description:(lost wax technique) more complicated bronze and 3D

Name: Animal

Material:Bronzeinlaid with silver

Dynasty:Eastern. Zhou Warring Period

Function: Decorative

Description: Shape became more complicated, Has a dragon like shape with four legs and design throughout with wing like figures with a tail

Name:Lady with Phoenix and Dragon

Dynasty: Eastern Zhou Period

Function: Don’t know function

Description: began with Chinese painting characteristics: on silk and outline with lines of images without color, profile image

Women with dragon and phoenix

Name:KneelingArcher

Dynasty:Qing Dynasty

Function: We don’t know but buried with emperor Qin

Description:Terracotta, Large image, 1st time to show realistic representation with every feature from hairstyle,poses , gestures(began trend of realistic representation)

We don’t know how they make it

Name:Cavalry and saddle horse

Dynasty:Qin dynasty

Purpose: We don’t know the meaning or what they were made out of

Description:Horse is pretty small but similar to mongolian horse

Name:Chariotand charioteer

Function: We don’t know

Dynasty: Qin dynasty

Description: Chariot had bronze inlay with painted and openwork decorations, realistic

Name: Flying banner

Dynasty: Western Han 

Function: Used in funeral procession for tombs

Style:Ink and color on silk

Description:Takenfrom the tomb of Marquis of Dai

                  Began using in their daily life

                  Painting divided in 3 parts, heavenly realm( with queen mother of the west with imagenery images with 2 guardians ), Present (Detail of lady Dail with attendants with hierachyorders), hell( has grey and dark places with ceramics and shows below water) 

Name: Jade Suit

Function:Use for tomb ware to have in afterlife

Dynasty:WesternHan

Material:gold, jade,

Description: Lifestyle of high officials and has a hole to release after death

Name:Lampin the shape of serving girl

Dynasty:Western Han

Function: Lamp and decoration

Material:Bronze

Description:Wiselyused of standards

Fully 3Dscultputure

Name:TheArcher Yi, the fushantree, and reception

Dynasty:Eastern Han

Function:Usedas an image for a shrine for the Wu Family

Material:Rubbing on stone

Description: Shows of styles  that are divided horizontally with a legendary story and shows the Confucius ideologies

Name:Gentlemenin conservation,

Material:Rubbingon stone

Dynasty: Eastern Han

Function: Painted on Tomb Tile(Decoration)

Name:Scenesof Hunting and harvesting

Function:decoration

Materia:Rubbing on stones

Dynasty: Eastern Han Dynasty

Description:Imagesof daily life of fishing

Name: Admonitions of the instructress to the ladies of the palace(section2)

Dynasty: Eastern Jin

Style : reverse perspective(eyes)

Brush work: Iron Wire Lines

Format: hand scroll, ink and color on silk

Function:Modelfor the palace ladies according to Confucius standards

Lady Ban refused to go with emperor inscription on the side tells the story

Name: Admonition of the Instructress to the Ladies of the Palace (section5) ATT. To GuKaizhi

Function:

Dynasty: Eastern Jin

Style: Reverse perspective, Iron and wire lines

Material: Handscroll, Ink and Color on Silk

Description: Shades have the lighting  different to show a unique way from India, Elongated style, women as strong because she refuses to follow emperors orders, story in calligraphy . Emperor with concubine.

Name :Colossal Buddha

Dynasty: NothernWei Dynasty

Material: Sandstone, yungangCave

Function: Religious

Description: Maintained Indian style and with hairstyle weishia

Ear elongated but doesn’t have any jewels with facial style

Name:Seated Buddha (Longmen Cave)

MateriaL:Limestone

Function: Religious

Dynasty: Northern Wei

Description:A Chinese version of Buddha, Chinese elongated style, the nose is different and garment from Chinese officials, but has similar una with extra eyes and halo( buddhist universe) in the back, and same poses, line images, Buddhist monks surroundinghim( the teachings will continues) and burisapha

Name:Empress as Donor,

Material: Limestone

Style: Elongated style

Dynasty: Northern Wei

Function: Religious

Description:

Name:Jatakaof Golden Gazelle

Material: Wall painting, Mogao caves

Dynasty: Northern Wei

Function: decorations

Description: Provides the previous life of the Buddha

Use more colors, figure images, with landscape elements, although they are not right because they are diagonal

Name: Buddha preaching the law,

Material: Wall painting, Mogao Painting

Function: Decorative

Dynasty: Western Wei

Description: Buddha with body bigger then the rest, lower rank then bodhisattvas

Name:BuddhaVairocana with attendants bodhisattvas

Dynasty:Tang Dynasty

Material: Limestone,Longmen Caves

Purpose: Religious

Description: 3 lines on the neck, bigger then the rest(hierarchy)

Name:EmperorWendi and Feidi from the Southern Chen Dynasty, from the Scroll ofThe Thirteen Emperors

Dynasty:TangDynasty

Attibuted:YanLiben

Material:Handscrollink and color on silk

Function: Decorative

Description: Very detailed facial features

Name: Emperor Wendi from the Northern Zhou Dynasty, from the Scroll of the Thirteen Emperors

Dynasty: Tang

Material:Handscroll Ink and Color on Silk

Description:Emperorswith Buddhist beliefs and with Thaoistbeliefs( seen as weak and smaller compared to other emperor) /Realistic representation

Name:Femaleattendants,

Dynasty:TangDynasty

Material: Wall Painting

Purpose: Decorative

Description:

Name: The night revels of Han Xizai

Dynasty: 5 Dynasties , a Northern Song copy

Material: Handscroll, Ink and Color on Silk

Function: Decorative

Description: Direct report to emperor about the meeting with officials

Still used iron wire lines but it show the more colors

Reverse perspective is replaced

Name:LiCheng, Buddhist temple amid clearing mountain peak

Dynasty: 5 dynasties, it became the new art, landscape painting

Function: want to depict the daily life that the emperor can’t see

Style :Monumental style landscape, composition divided into 3 parts, background has landscape,foregroundwith human beings, middle ground with architecture,

Shifted perspective, from foreground to middle ground, to background

Different texture strokes: show different textures

Name:Attrib. Dong Yuan /Scenes along the Xiao and xiang river

Material:Handscroll , ink and slight colors on silk

Dynasty: Five Dynasties

Function: Decorative

Descriptions: Depicts fiber texture strokes to depict bands

Uses ink dots

Still has the 3 divisions

Name: Fan Kuan, Traveling among Mountains and Streams

Dynasty:Northernsong dynasty

Monumental style: divided by fog, mist

Material: Hanging Scroll, Ink and Light Schools

Function:Decorative

Name:Guo Xi, Early Spring

Dynasty: Northern  Song

Function: Decorative

Material: Hanging Scroll, Ink and Light Color on silk

Description: The ink of the bottom is darker and lighter at the top it is lighter

Less texture strokes, more ink wash and empty space,

Shifted perspective 3 parts

Name: Zhang Zeduan,  Spring Festival along the River

Material: Handscroll, ink and slight color on silk

Dynasty: Northern Song Dynasty

Function: Decorative

Description:Wantto know the way of outside life during the festival

Name: Zhang Zeduan, Spring Festival along the river(section 1)

Material: Handscroll, ink and slight color on silk

Dynasty: Northern Song Dynasty

Function: Decorative

Description:Showtransportations

Name: Zhang Zeduan, Spring Festival along the river(section 1)

Material: Handscroll, ink and slight color on silk

Dynasty: Northern Song Dynasty

Function: Decorative

Description:Show the well developed economy

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Name: Zhang Zeduan, Spring Festival along the river(section 1)

Material: Handscroll, ink and slight color on silk

Dynasty: Northern Song Dynasty

Function: Decorative

Description:Show the aspects of their life

Name: Emperor Huizong Painting Academy, Five Colored Parakeet

Dynasty: Northern Song Dynasty

Function: Decorative

Material: Handscroll, Ink and Color on Ink

Description: Emperor Huizong Created painting academy

Raised the status of the painters with officials

Quarter painting with silk  with colors and detailed that is realistic style

Name: Ma Yuan, On a Mountain Path in Spring

Dynasty: Southern Song dynasty

Function: Decorative

Material: Album Leaf, Ink and Slight Color on Silk

Description: One quarter(where everything is on one side mainly and background is very simple and mainly most of it is empty_

With inscription on the painting

Axe cut text strokes on rocks , no strokes on any part of the painting anymore

Name: Attd. To Li Tang, Myriad Trees on Strange Peaks

Dynasty:Northern to Southern Song Dynasty

Function: Decorative

Material: Fan Shaped Album Leaf, ink and color on silk

Description:Pplescaped to S. part of china to establish song dynasty.

Use less texture strokes, compositions have disappearing peaks of landscapes

Name: Xia Gui, Pure and remote view over rivers and mountains

Dynasty: Southern Song dynasty

Material: Handscroll, Ink on Paper

Function: Decorative

Name: Xia Gui , Pure and Remote View Over Rivers and Mountains

Dynasty: Southern Song dynasty

Material: Handscroll, Ink on Paper

Function: Decorative

Description:Half sided Xia with axe cut text strokes

Name: Su Shi, Old Tree , bamboo, and rock

Dynasty: Northern Song

Material:  Handscroll, Ink on paper,

Function: Liberati painting

Description: Set the standard of painting by liberati theory through portrait, calligraphy, and landscape

Name: Liang Kai, The 6th Chan Patriarch, Chopping bamboo

Dynasty: Southern Song

Function: Educational

Material: Hanging Scroll, Ink on paper

Description: Spontaneous style developed with Buddha as casual brushwork

Name: Zhao Mengfu, Autumn Colors on the Qiao and Hua Mountains

Dynasty:YuanDynasty

Material: Handscroll, Ink and color on paper

Function:Decorative

Description:Tryingto distinguish them self from the song dynasty

Name: HuangGongwang, Dwelling in the Fuchun Mountains

Dynasty:Yuan

Material:Handscroll, Ink on Paper

Function: Decorative

Description:Usedfiber textures

Name: Ni Zan, The Rongxi Studio,

Dynasty: Yuan

Material: Hanging  Scroll, Ink on Paper

Function: Decorative

Description:Two grounds, hemp fiber,

Simple life

Name: Wang Meng, Dwelling in the Bian Mountain

Dynasty:Yuan

Material: Hanging scroll , Ink on paper

Function:Decorative

Description: Abstract feeling on composition,2d feeling

Name: Lu Ji, Birds and Flowers of the Four Seasons

Dynasty:MingDynasty,

Material: 4 hanging scrolls, ink and color on Silk

Function:Decorative

Description:Tryingto follow song dynasty

Court painters

Name: Shen Zhou, Landscape in the Style of Ni Zan

Dynasty: Ming

Material: Hanging Scroll, Ink on Paper

Function: Decorative

Description: Continued liberati tradition/Used paper for liberati from yuan

Name:WenZheng Ming, Old Cypress and Rock

Material: Handscroll, Ink on Paper

Dynasty: Ming Dynasty

Function: Decorative

Description:Oldschool representative

More inscription on paintings

Name:Exterior View of Taihe Hall

Material:Stoneplatform and hard roofs, Used tile on roof, large space

Function: Built for Emperor Activities

Dynasty: Qing Dynasty

Description:

Name: The Garden of the Masters of Fishing Nets(Wangshiyuan)

Function: Create peaceful setting for painting /Liberatigardens

Dynasty: Ming Dynasty

Description: More individual, white wall with grey tiles rocks as decorations, with different shapes, garden with intimate space