East Asian Art Midterm

Square Tube (Cong) with Masks

Liangzhu Culture

Lake Tai Region

Jade

Sig: circle reflects heavens & square represents earth, labor needed = power

Master Lai’s Bell

Shaanxi Province

Western Zhou Dynasty

Bronze

Music important in court ritual (Confucianist ideals)

Rhinoceros-shaped Wine Vessel

Shaanxi Province

Western Han or E Zhou

Bronze with gold & glass

Sig: showed aesthetic > function

Hill-Shaped Incense Burner

Hebei Province

W Han Dynasty

Bronze w Gold

Sig: earliest rep of a landscape

Seven Sages of the Bamboo Grove & Rong Qiqi

Nanjing

Song Dynasty

Rubbing of stamped brick

Sig: pictorial narrative found on tomb

Mahasattva Jataka (prev. life of the buddha as prince mahasattva)

Gansu Province

N Zhou

Mural painting

Sig: tells story on sacrifice of buddha in prev life for hungry tigress & her cubs

Huaisu

Tang Dynasty

Handscroll, ink on paper

Sig: autobiographical essay written by buddhist monk

Quanmaogua (Curly)

Shaanxi Province

Tang Dynasty

Stone

Sig: carving on altar of emperor’s tomb, shows military power

Spring Outing (attributed to Zhan Ziqian)

~ Song copy of Tang original

Handscroll, ink on paper

Sig: marks beginning of blu & green landscape, multi point perspective

Colossal Vairochana & Attendants

Henan Province

Tang Dynasty

Limestone carving

Sig: patron was only Chinese female ruler at time, due to buddhist belief at the time

Ewer

Tang Dynasty

Earthenware with 3-color glaze

Sig: inspired by Chinese metal work & greek modeling

Travelers Among Mountains & Streams (by: Fan Kuan)

N Song Dynasty

Hanging scroll, ink & color on silk

Sig: monumental landscape, all encompassing nature emphasizes how small human are

Early Spring (by: Guo Xi)

N Song Dynasty

Hanging scroll, ink & color on silk

Sig: use of atmospheric perspective, reflect natural/rational philosophy

Five-Colored Parakeet on Blossoming Apricot (attributed to Emperor Huizong)

N Song Dynasty 

Handscroll, ink and color on silk

Sig: boneless (no outline on subjects), rational approach on depicting as appears

Cup Stand

Henan Province

N Song Dynasty

Ru ware, stoneware with blue crackled gaze

Sig: iron glaze made to look like jade in reduced oxygen atmosphere

Twelve Views of Landscape (by: Xia Gui)

S Song Dynasty

Handscroll, ink on silk

Sig: calligraphy by empress, artists popularized asymmetrical comps

Khubilai Khan Hunting (by: Lin Guandao)
Yuan dynasty

Hanging scroll, ink and color on silk

Sig: reminds viewer of mongol advantage = horses, while showing political status ruler & nomadic ancestry

Six Gentlemen (by: Ni Zan)

Yuan dynasty

Hanging scroll, ink on paper

Sig: known for quality of plainness (negative space) & dry brush tech

Wang Xizhi Watching Geese (by: Qian Xuan)

Yuan Dynasty

Handscroll, ink and color on paper

Sig: emphasize importance of artists inspiration w out a patron

Hall of Supreme Harmony

Beijing

Ming Dynasty 

Wood, paint, plaster, & ceramic tiles

Sig: rebuilt by Qing dynasty

SW Corner of Pond, Garden of the Master of the Fishing Nets

Jiangsu province

Qing Dynasty

Wood & tile structures, planting, pond

Sig: represent yin/yang (pond vs limestone rocks)

Chicken Cup

Ming Dynasty

Porcelain w underglaze blue & overglaze enamels

Sig: example of joined colors, fill in bright colors after first firing/glaze

Poet on a Mountaintop (by: Shen Zhou)

Ming Dynasty

Album leaves, ink and color on paper

Sig: use of calligraphy to contribute to balance of empty space, show greatness of nature compared to the small subject

Inauguration Portraits of the Qianlong Emperor, his Empress, & the Eleven Consorts

By: Lang Shining (italian artist who took chinese name)

Qing Dynasty

Handscroll, ink and color on silk

Sig: no background, focus all on portraits, W elements (drapery, subtle shading)

A Thousand Peaks & Myriad Ravines (by: Gong Xian)

Qing Dynasty

Hanging scroll, ink on paper

Sig: mist used to convey turbulent, dark mood 

A Book From the Sky

By: Xu Bing

Carved woodblocks, hand-printed books

Sig: although look like Chinese characters hold no meaning = Language can be a barrier for understanding

Cockroach & Bowls

By: Qi Baishi

Album leaf

Sig: part of larger album, simple/minimalistic brushwork

Fighting in N Shaanxi

By: Shi Lu

Ink & color on paper

Sig: propaganda, use of monumental landscape to bring back trad Chinese and glorify Mao

Lion Grove Garden

By: Wu Guanzhong

Ink and color on rice paper

sig: very abstract, lines and blobs to represent landscape

Series 2, No. 3

By: Fang Lijun

Oil on canvas

Sig: reduplication of figures suggests loss of individuality

Mountains Clearing After Rain

By: Chang Dai-chien

Hanging scroll, ink and color on paper

Sig: balance between splashes of color and small details that reflect traditional Chinese elements (small figure, nature)