asian art - final

lost wax casting

can’t reuse mold

piece mold casting

can reuse mold; China created this technique

paleolithic period

peking man (homo erectus)

paleolithic period

zhoukoudian- evidence of use of fire

xianrendong cave

stripe marked pottery (not homo Erectus)

neolithic period

mostly pottery and jade

yangshao culture

painted pottery; grave goods

longshan culture

gray and black pottery

longshan culture

thin black “eggshell” pottery

longshan culture

wine and ritual vessels

yellow river

painted pottery and gray and black pottery

hongshan culture

niuheliang

hongshan culture

jade ritual objects

hongshan culture

goddess temple

hongshan culture

cloud/heaven symbolism

liangzhu culture

jade bi (round=heaven)

liangzhu culture

jade cong (square=earth)

erlitou culture

bridge between neolithic and Bronze Age

erlitou culture

palaces, roads, workshops

erlitou culture

turquoise dragon

shang dynasty

bronze ritual vessels

shang dynasty

taotie monster masks

warring states

wine vessel and water basin, bowl, and disc

qin empire

first unification of China

qin empire

qin shihuangdi

qin empire

Terracotta Army

han dynasty

daoism

daoism

teaches people to live in harmony with the Dao (natural flow of the universe)

Han dynasty

sacred mountains

paleolithic period

yangshao culture

longshan culture

longshan culture

hongshan culture

hongshan culture

longshan culture

warring states

liangzhu culture

erlitou culture

erlitou culture

Shang dynasty

shang dynasty

Shang era

shang era

shang era

warring states

warring states

han dynasty

warring states

legalism

human nature is bad

han dynasty

oasis towns

small cities built around water sources in deserts

oasis towns

stopping points for merchants and monks

dunhuang

one of most important Silk Road cities

dunhuang

famous for buddhist cave temples

Yungang

massive rock cut caves

neolithic period - Jeulmun

comb patterned pottery

Bronze Age

bronze daggers, cist burials, jade beads

three kingdoms periods

goguryeo, baekje, silla

goguryeo

tomb murals; tomb of the dancers

baekje

spiritual symbolism

silla

gold and shaman kings