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Art of China

Art of China. Standing figure (Guanghan Sanxingdui, China), Shang dynasty, c. 1200 BCE, bronze.

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Art of China

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  1. Art of China

  2. Standing figure (Guanghan Sanxingdui, China), Shang dynasty, c. 1200 BCE, bronze

  3. Gong of animal forms (Anyang, China), 12th or 11th century BCE, bronzeShang dynasty/ gong (guang)/ zoomorphic/ bilateral symmetry/ casting vs. firing/ varied animal motifs/ Chinese attitude toward nature

  4. Bi (disk) (late Zhou dynasty), 3rd to 4th century, nephriteZhou dynasty/ bi disk/ use of jade to suggest rank and status/ Chinese dragons

  5. Above: k’uei dragonRight: lung dragon

  6. Left: Rectangular “hu” vessel (Late Western Zhou period)Below: Wine container of the “you” type, 10th century BCE

  7. Soldiers of the Imperial Bodyguard, tomb of the Chinese emperor Shi Huangdi (Shaanxi, China) c. 210 BCE, painted terracotta

  8. 6,000 lifesize terracotta soldiers used to convey power and authority/ soldiers facing eastward

  9. Legalism/ model of the imperial palace

  10. weapons of war

  11. The Great Wall

  12. Funeral banner from the Tomb of Dai (Western Han dynasty), c. 168 BCE, painted silkHan dynasty/ realms of heaven and earth

  13. reappearance of a “bi”

  14. the raven and the toad/ the Silk Road

  15. Fragment of a stamped brick depicting the Queen of the West seated on a tiger throne and surrounded by the fox, the hare with the herb of immortality, the toad of the Moon, and the raven

  16. Incense burner, from the tomb of Prince Liu Sheng (Han dynasty), 113 BCE, bronze with gold inlay

  17. Mythological scenes from the Wu family shrine (late Han dynasty), 147-168 CE, rubbing of a stone relief

  18. Confucian themes/ Yi, the legendary archer, shoots at one of the sun-crows/ a Fusang tree/ contours of figures suggesting linear rhythm

  19. Attributed to Gu Kaizhi. Lady Feng and the Bear, detail of Admonitions of the Instructress… (Period of Disunity), late fourth century CEGu Zaizhi/ Period of Disunity/ the Chinese handsroll/ absence of a setting/ Xie He’s Six Laws

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