Asian Art History Exam 2

Vessel with human head

• 4000-3000 B.C

• Banpo, China

• Neolithic period (Yangshao culture)

• earthernware

Head

• 4000-3000 B.C

• Niuheliang, China

• Neolithic period (Hongshan culture)

• Earthenware, Jade

Standing figure

• 1600-1045 B.C

• Sanxingdui, China

• Shang period

• Bronze

• over 8’ tall

Goblet from Lady Hao’s Tomb

• 1600-1045 B.C

• Anyang, Henan Province, China

• Shang period

• Ivory, Turquoise

Cooking vessel, fangding, (with taotie mask)

• 1600-1045 B.C

• Anyang, Henan province, China

• Shang period

• bronze

Dragon Disc (BI)

• 400-200 B.C.E

• Jincun, Henan province, China; Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City

• Warring States period

• jade

Great Wall of China

• 210 BCE to 17th c.

• Beijing (and around parts of China)

• Qin to Ming Periods

• Stone, brick, earth, wood

Tumulus of Qin Shi huang di

• 221-207 BC

• Lintong, Xi’an, Shaanxi province, China

• Qin period

• earth

Warrior figures from tomb of Qin Shihuangdi

• c. 221-207 BC

• Lintong, Xi’an, Shaanxi province, China

• Qin period

• earthenware

Funerary banner for the Lady of Dai, from the Mawangdui tomb

• 206 BC-220 AD

• Mawangdui, Hunan province, Changsha, China

• Han period

• ink and color on silk

Incense burner, Tomb of Prince Liu Sheng

• 206 BC-220 AD

• Hebei, China

• Han Period

• Bronze and gold

Burial suit of Prince Liu Sheng

• 206 BC-220 AD

• Lingshan, Mancheng, Hebei province, China

• Han period

• Jade and golde

Lamp held by kneeling servant girl

• 206 BC-220 AD

• Mancheng County, Hebei Provinve, China

• Han period

• bronze

“TLV” type cosmological mirror

• 206 BC-220 AD

• No location

• Han period

• Bronze

“Portrait of the Deceased,” mural in tomb in Hebei province

• 206 BC-220 AD

• Hebei, China

• Han period

• Painted mural

Standing Buddha

• 386-534

• Met Museum

• Northern Wei dynasty

• Gilt bronze

Maitreya Buddha of Bingling Si

• 386-534

• Gansu province, China

• Northern Wei

• Sandstone

Yungang Chapels, including Cave 20 with Colossal Shakyamuni and smaller buddha

• 386-534

• Datong, Shanxi province, China

• Northern Wei

• Sandstone

Shakyamuni and attendants Binyang Chapel, Longmen Grottoes

• 386-534

• Louyang, Henan province, China

• Northern Wei

• limestone

Empress as donor, relief from Longmen grottoes

• 386-534

• Louyang, Henan province, China

• Northern Wei period

• limestone

Buddhist cave complex at Longmen, Luoyang, (including Great Image niche with Buddha Vairocana, and the Guardian Bodhisattvas)

• completed 675

• Luoyang, Henan province, China

• Tang period

• limestone

Mogao chapels, including Hungry Tigress narrative

• 538-581

• Dunhuang, Gansu province, China

• Northern Wei to Northern Zhou

• Limestone statues, painted murals

Pagoda of Songyue Monastery, Mount Song

• 386-534

• Zhengzhou, Henan province, China

• Northern Wei

• Brick

Map of Tang Changan

• 618-907

• Tang Period

• Changan, China

Western Pure Land

• 550-577

• Xiangtangshan Caves, Fengfeng, Hebei province, China

• Northern Qi

• limestone

Artist: attributed to Yan Liben “The Imperial Sedan Chair,”

• 7th century

• Palace Museum, Beijing, China

• Tang period (Song period copy)

Artist: Han Gan, “Night-Shining White”

• 618-907

• Metropolitan Museum of Art, USA

• Tang period

• ink and color on silk

Artist: attributed to Li Zhaodao “Emperor Minghuang’s Journey into Shu”

• c. 800

• National Palace Museum, Taipei, Taiwan

• Tang period (Song period copy)

• ink and color on silk

“A woman Playing a Game of Chess",”

• 618-907

• Astana Graves, Xinjiang, China

• Tang period

• ink and color on silk

“Ladies preparing Newly Woven Silk,” attributed to Zhang Xuan

• early 12th century

• Museum of Fine arts, Boston, USA

• Tang period (Song period copy)

• ink and color on silk

Main hall, Nanchan temple, (including Bracketing)

• 618-907

• Shanxi province, China

• Tang period

• Wood

Small Wild Goose Pagoda, Jianfu monastery,

• 618-907

• Xi’an, Shaanxi, China

• Tang period

• Brick

Artist: Gu Hongzhong, The Night Revels of Han Xizai

• 960-1279

• Palace Museum, Beijing

• Northern Song period

• ink and color on silk

Artist: Fan Kuan, Travelers among Streams and Mountains

• 960-1279

• National Palace Museum, Taipei

• Northern Song period

• ink and color on silk

Artist: Guo Xi, Early Spring

• 960-1279

• National Palace Museum, Taipei

• Northern Song

• ink on silk

Artist: Mu Qi, Six Persimmons

• 960-1279

• Kyoto, Japan

• Southern Song

• ink on paper

Artist: Liang Kia, Li Bo Chanting a Poem

• 960-1279

• Tokyo National Museum

• Southern Song

• ink on paper

White Pagoda of Miaoying Monastery

• 1271-1368

• Beijing, China

• Yuan period

• Brick core, stucco

Artist: Gong Kai, Zong Kui Traveling

• 1271-1368

• Freer/Sackler Gallery

• Yuan period

• ink on paper

Artist: Zhao Mengfu, Autumn Colors on the Qiao and Hua Mountains

• 1271-1368

• National Palace Museum, Taipei

• Yuan period

• ink and color on paper

Artist: Ni Zan, The Ronxi Studio

• 1271-1368

• National Palace Museum, Taipei

• Yuan dynasty

• ink on paper

Dragon vase

• 1368-1644

• Ming period

• porcelain with design in underglaze blue

Artist: Shen Zhou, Poet on a Mountaintop

• 1368-1644

• The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art

• Ming dynasty

• Album leaves, ink and color on paper

The Forbidden City, (including axial line of Imperial Beijing showing the Three Great Halls)

• 1420

• Beijing, China

• Ming and Qing periods

• multiple

Altar of Heaven complex

• 1406-1420

• Beijing, China

• Ming and Qing periods

• multiple

Spirit path, Xiaoling, tomb of Zhu Yuanzhang, Ming tombs

• 1368-1644

• Nanjing, China

• Ming period

• multiple

Plan of Temple to Confucius, rebuilt

• 1368-1644

• Qufu, Shandong province, china

• Ming period

• multiple

Star of Literature Pavilion, Temple to Confucius

• 1368-1644

• Qufu, Shandong province

• Ming period

• multiple

Humble Administrator’s Garden

• 1368-1644

• Suzhou, China

• Ming dynasty

• multiple