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Terracotta Warriors from Mausoleum of the First Qin Emperor of China
221-209 BCE, Qin Dynasty
Xian, China
painted terracotta Warriors depicting armies of Qin Shi Huang, human sized, using molds to craft
funerary art
Funeral Banner of Lady Dai (Xin Chui)
180 BCE, Han Dynasty
Changsha, China
painted silk (journey to heaven), yin=left, yang=right, mixture=center
carried in front of the funeral procession, then draped upon her coffin
Travelers Among Mountains and Streams
1000 CE
Fan Kuan
Taipei, Taiwan
ink on silk
nature is the teacher, pine trees=virtuous man, aspects of Buddhism, confucism, and daoism
The David Vases
1351 CE, Yuan Dynasty
Jiangxi, China
White porcelain with cobalt-blue underglaze vases, inscriptions on neck, and narrative
named after owner: Sir Percival David
inscriptions are about the man who commissioned them, their purpose/life, found in daoism temple
Chairman Mao en Route to Anyuan
1969 CE
Based on an oil painting b Liu Chunhua, color lithograph, heroic pose and warm tones=idealized Mao portraits
depicts the Chairman as a young man walking to the Anyuan coal mine in the western Jiangxi province (nonviolent strike)
socialist realism
Forbidden CIty
Beijing, China
15th century, Ming Dynasty
stone masonry, marble, brick, wood, ceramic tile
Meridian Gate= front gate into forbidden city
Hall of Supreme Harmony= largest hall, hosted ceremonies, hypostyle hall
Palace of Tranquility and Longevity=Qianlong Emperor's prep for retirement
imperial palace from Ming dynasty - Qing dynasty, ceremonial, ritual, political center and living space of Chinese gov, beliefs and social hierarchy
Gold and Jade Crown
5th-6th century CE, Three Kingdom Period
Silla Kingdom, Korea
metalwork crown, deigned as sacred tree, headband with five vertical elements: 3 shaped like trees, 2 like antlers, 6 dangling pendants
used in ceremonial rituals, used for after life, shamanism
Portrait of Sin Sukju
1417-1475 CE
Imperial Bureau of Painting
hanging scroll with ink and color on silk
Sin Sukju was famous politician(advisor and expert in Mandarin, propaganda art
SCALE+SILK=IMPORTANT PEOPLE
Night Attack on the Sanjo Palace
1250-1300 CE
Kamakura Period, Japan
handscroll of ink and color on paper
war narrative of civil war, emotional and violent
White and Red Plum Blossoms
1710-1716 CE, Edo Period
Japan
Ogata Korin
ink, watercolor, and golf leaf pair of screen divider, asymmetrical composition, details of tarashikomi technique
red Plum tree= toughness, youth, lively from flowers, mirror of the positive side of one’s life
white plum tree= delicate and thin, calm, self-possessed, and stable mind inside,
river=broad, then suddenly narrows, dark and gently twisting:changes in korins life, ripples soft and gentle
The Great Wave off Kanagawa
1830-33 CE
Katsushika Hokusai
Japan
woodblock print of wave and small fishing boats(Ukiyo-e type of prints and paintings)
enormous wave threatening boats off the coast of Kanagawa, depicts the area around Mount Fuji under conditions, and mountain in background
Jahangir Preferring a Sufi Shaikh to Kings
1620 CE
India
Bichtir
watercolor, gold ink on paper, arabic scripture, halo behind, two angels behind, ottoman sultan, king of England(colonized), the artist, all depicted in the painting
Akbar 3rd emperor of Mughal dynasty consults with a Sufi Shaikh for a son
The Taj Mahal
1653 CE
Agra, India
white marble mausoleum, Islamic architecture of india, minerettes for design, houses false sarcophagi of Mumtaz Mahal and Shah Jahan; the actual graves are at a lower level.
built in honor of Shah Jahan late wife in childbirth, Writings from the Qur’an in Thuluth Script
