Asian Art Chapter 9

Chicken Cup, Ming Dynasty, 1465-1487, porcelain with blue underglaze and overglaze enamels

Three-String Vase, Qing Dynasty, porcelain with peach-bloom glaze

Zhou Chen, Beggars and Street Characters, Ming Dynasty, 1516, album remounted as handscroll, ink and color on paper

Chen Hongshou, Lady Xuanwenjun Giving Instruction on the Classes, Ming Dynasty, 1638, hanging scroll, ink and color on silk

Dong Qicheng, Qingbian Mountains, Ming Dynasty, 1617, hanging scroll, ink on paper

Wang Yuanqi, Wangchuan Villa, Qing Dynasty, 1711, handscroll, ink and color on paper

Gong Xian, A Thousand Peaks and Myriad Ravines, Qing Dynasty, 1679, hanging scroll, ink on paper

Zhu Da, Moon and Melon, Qing Dynasty, 1689, hanging scroll, ink on paper

Shitao, Reminisces of Qinhuai River, Qing Dynasty, 1695-1700, album, ink and color on paper

Luo Ping, Hanshan and Shide, Qing Dynasty, hanging scroll, ink and color on paper

literati

classically educated scholars who usually belonged to official class of men who served in Chinese political bureaucracy, sometimes called scholar-officials

literary name

name adopted by chinese writers for literary endeavors

underglaze / overglaze

decoration, typically in slip, applied to ceramic object before glazing / decoration applied to ceramic object over the glaze using enamel

Zhe school

loosely affiliated professional painters working in Zhejirang during Ming dynasty, Dai Jin is credited as founder, Wu Wei

Wu School

group of literati artists - Shen Zhou, Wen Zhengming, Tan Ying, Qiu Ying

orthodox / unorthodox

according with received tradition, conventional / contrary to what is usually acceptable or traditional

Mi Family Style

landscape painting style after Mi Youren and Mi Fu. Elements - conical mountains, dabs of wet ink, ink wash, negative space to suggest mist

boneless

painting technique of laying down wet ink or pigment without outlining the area

splashed-ink

style associated with Chan Buddhism, involves dripping or splashing ink and creating composition around results

courtesy name 

name adopted by Chinese person in adulthood, used in place of given name

appropriate

adopt images in their entirety from other works of art from visual culture. Allows artist to critique both it and place in which it was created .