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CHINESE ART

The oldest continuous art traditions in the world are ______ traditions.

Chinese art produced the following types of arts:

• Paintings
• Calligraphies
• Architecture
• Pottery
• Sculptures
• Bronzes
• Jade carvings
• Other fine or decorative art forms

Calligraphy

• aims to demonstrate superior control and skill using brush and ink.
  ⁃ Introduced in the Han dynasty (206 BCE - 220 CE thenafter two hundred years, all educated men were expected to beproficient at it.

Lady Wei (272-349 CE)

an accomplished calligrapherand said to have taught the great master Wang Xizhi (303-361CE)

Painting

⁃ Walls, coffins and boxes, screens, silk scrolls, fixed fans, book covers, and folding fans were the most popular formats.
⁃ Wood and bamboo were the most popular materials used by the earliest artists, and then adopted plastered walls, silk,and paper.
⁃ Portraits and landscapes were the two most popular themes.

Pottery

• The oldest known pots in the world was from Xianrendong Cave Pottery (Jiangxi province)
  ⁃ Heavy and functional storage jars
  ⁃ During the Han dynasty, there were early developments in techniques and kilns.

Art Influence of Chinese Art

Chinese art is greatly influenced by Chinese philosophies of Buddhism, Confucianism, and particularly Taoism. This aims to show a sense of harmony between humans and the larger world.

Indian art

• consists of a variety of art forms, including painting, sculpture, pottery, and textile arts such as woven silk.

• had cultural influences, as well as religious influences such as Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism, Sikhism and Islam. (HaBaJaSi)

Art of the Indus Valley Civilization

would exhibits examples like the Carved Pillars of Ellora, Maharashta State, and frescoes of the Ajanta and Ellora Caves.

According to Kapila Vatsyayan

Classical Indian architecture, sculpture, painting, literature (kaavya), music and dancing evolved their own rules conditioned by their respective media, but they shared with one another not only the underlying spiritual beliefs of the Indian religio-philosophic mind, but also the procedures by which the relationships of the symbol and the spiritual states were worked out in detail."

Sculpture in India

a common practice among Indian Buddhists and Hindus. Hinduism continued to be a main focus of Indian art for centuries, as (_____) of deities like Shiva were commonly produced.

The Iron Pillar, Delhi

This pillar, built in the 4th century, features Sanskrit inscription in Brahmi script that states it was created in honor of the Hindu god Vishnu. The pillar showcases India's prowess in metallurgy, a branch of science that focuses particularly on the properties, production, and purification of metals.

Konark Sun Temple, Konark, India

Built in the 13th century, this impressive temple is dedicated to the Hindu sun god Surya. It was carved from stone in the form ofa 100-foot-high chariot with immense wheels and horses.

JAPANESE ART

• covers a wide range of art styles and media, including ancientpottery, sculpture in wood and bronze, ink painting on silk and paper,calligraphy, ceramics, architecture, oil painting,literature,drama andmusic

Contemporary Japanese art

s concerned with themes such as self-identityand finding fulfillment in a world dominated by technology.

Haniwa

Ceramic figures that is made up of clay. That were made for ritual use and buried with the dead as funerary objects

Shinoism

The native religion of Japan.
● A practice of religious rites based on the Japanese polytheistic
idea of 'kami' (deity).
● Collections of native beliefs and mythology.
● Worshipping nature and natural objects ranging from trees, lakesmountains, flowers and rocks.

Buddhism

● Became an integral part of Japanese Culture, Artwork such as images and sculptures of Buddha were produced.
● Buddhist temples are became staples key places.

Ukiyo-e

an art movement which is flourished in 17th through 19th centuries. It's artist produced woodblock prints and paintings of such subjects as travel scenes and landscapes, female beauties and sumo wrestlers

The Great Wave of Kanagawa

● Nicknamed "The Wave"
● Hokusai, an artist with a unique talent.
● The Four details that made this masterpiece famous: The waves, Prussian blue color, Mount Fuji, The boats and the Fisherman

Hiroshige

● Known for his horizontal-format landscapes series "The Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido.
● Also known for his vertical-format landscape popular series "One Hundred famous view of Edo.
● Hiroshige's death marked the beginning of the rapid decline in the ukiyo-e genre.

Sharaku

● Was a Japanese ukiyo-e print designer.
● Known for his portraits of kabuki actors.
● Over 140 prints have been established as the works of _____
● The majority are portraits of actors or scenes from kabuki and the rest are the sumo wrestlers.

Nishiki-e

● Is a type of Japanese multi-colored woodblock printing.
● The Technique is used primarily in Ukiyo-e. It was invented in 1760s.

Kaiga

● Also known as Japanese Painting.
● Is one of the oldest and most highly refined of the Japanese art.

Jomon Period Pottery

● The first settlers of Japan, the jomon people.
● Named for the cord markings that decorated the surfaces of their clay vessels were nomadic hunter-gatherers.

Yayoi Art

● Bringing knowledge of wetland rice cultivation, the manufacture of copper weapons and bronze bells (dōtaku).
● Use for Rituals

"manga"

refers to all kinds of cartooning, comics, and animation.

"ani-manga"

used to describe comics produced from animation cels.

KOREAN ART

Professional have begun to acknowledge and sort through _______ culture and important role in not only transmitting Chinese culture but also assimilating it and creating a unique culture of its own.

Melon-shaped wine ewer

demonstrates the Goryeo potter's technical skill and conceptual sophistication in transforming everyday motifs from nature—in this case, a melon and bamboo—into a functional and aesthetically pleasing vessel.

Neolithic Art of korea

Korean ancient pottery improved during the era of _______ (c. 10,000-3,000 BCE) with the creation of flat-bottomed vessels decorated with zigzag patterns, followed by comb-pattern pottery (c. 3,000 BCE).

COMB-PATTERNED POTTERY

The vessel form found in early comb pottery is a simple V-shape with a pointed or rounded bottom.

Jeulmun pottery period

named after the decorated pottery vessels that form a large part of the pottery assemblage consistently over the above period, especially 4000-2000 BC. Jeulmun (Hangul: 즐문, Hanja: 櫛文)means "Comb-patterned".

Bronze Age of korea

In Korea, the _____ began around the 15th century BCE, with the everyday use of mumun pottery, ground stone tools, and wooden tools. During this period, only a few people possessed ***** tools, which served either as symbols of authority or as ritual instruments.

Korean- Sword

served a central place in the defense of the nation for thousands of years. Although typical Korean land battles have taken place in wide valleys and narrow mountain passes, which favor use of the spear and bow, the sword found use as a secondary, close-quarters weapon,

Comma Shape Beads

are curved, comma-shaped beads that appeared in prehistoric Japan from the Final Jōmon period through the Kofun period, approximately 1000 BCE to the 6th century CE.

Iron Age of korea

● The transition from the Late Bronze to Early Iron Age in Korea begins in the 4th century BCE. This corresponds to the later stage of Gojoseon, the Jin state period in the south, and the Proto-Three Kingdoms period of the 1st to 4th century CE.
● The period that begins after 300 BCE can be described as 'protohistoric', a time when some documentary sources seem to describe societies in the Korean peninsula.THE THREE KINGDOM

GOGURYEO

also called Goryeo, was a Korean kingdom located in the northern and central parts of the Korean Peninsula and the southern and central parts of Manchuria.

BAEKJE

was founded as a member of the Mahan confederacy. Two sons of the founder of Goguryeo are recorded to have fled a succession conflict, to establish _________ around the present Seoul area.

SILLA

was the smallest and weakest of the Three Kingdoms of Korea, but it used cunning diplomatic means to make opportunistic pacts and alliances with the more powerful Korean kingdoms, and eventually Tang China, to its great advantage.

Korean Calligraphy and Printing

• is seen art where brush stroke reveal the artist personality enhancing the subject matter that is painted,
• This arts form represent the apogee and Korean Confucian Art.

Korean Fabric Arts

craft of making fabric and textiles produced by the people on the Korean Peninsula.

Korean Knot

In the ruling palaces, _____ were used to signify dignity and prestige. For religious purposes _____ decorated Buddhist ornaments. The most common use of this was in Norigae, traditional Korean ornaments worn by women to decorate clothing.

Korean Paper Art

Hanji is made from the inner bark of Broussonetia papyrifera known colloquially as paper mulberry, a tree native to Korea that grows well on its rocky mountainsides, known in Korean as dak.

Korean Mask

have a long tradition with the use in a variety of contexts. ______ of any type are called tal (Korean: 탈) in Korean, but they are also known by many others names such as gamyeon, gwangdae, chorani, talbak and talbagaji. Korean masks come with black clothe attached to the sides of the mask designed to cover the back of the head and also to simulate black hair.

Ko Hui- dong

Korean artist who pioneered in the application of Western techniques to traditional painting styles.

3 TYPE OF PAINTINGS IN KOREA

1.Buddhist Paintings
2.Confucian Paintings
3.Decorative Painting

TIBETAN ART

Also called the "Himalayan art," that refers to the art of Tibet and other present and former Himalayan kingdoms.

Arts and Crafts of tibetan art

⁃ Stone carving,mural painting, andThangka paintings
⁃ Often religious intheme

Belief of Tibetan Art

⁃ Sacred art
⁃ Its drawing elements are from the religions of Buddhism, Hinduism, Bon, and other tribal groups
⁃ followed rules regarding proportions, shape, colour, stance, hand positions, and attributes in order to personify correctly the Buddha or deities.

Sand Mandala

is a spiritual symbol depicting the universe and the cosmos

• Has geometric patterns

BHUTANESE ART

an essential part of daily life that retains the purity and handcraft of ancient times that rarely manifests itself in Western Culture.

Lhazo

Bhutanese Wall Paintings

Jimzo

Sculpting

Shingzo

Wood Carving

Parzo

carving

Dezo

papermaking

Dozo

Masonry

Shagzo

wood turning

Thagzo

weaving

Tshemzo

Emboidery

Lugzo

casting

Tsharzo

cane weaving

Garzo

Blacksmithing

Troeko

Metal Ornaments