Chinese and Korean Art
CHINESE PERIODS NAMED AFTER DYNASTIES
QING DYNASTY COLLAPSED IN 1911; CHAOTIC RULE UNDER THE REPUBLIC; JAPANESE INVASION IN THE 1930S; COMMUNIST FORCES; INTERNAL STRUGGLES; CULTURAL REVOLUTION
JAPANESE INVADED KOREA; DIVIDED THE NATION IN TWO; KOREAN WAR
QING DYNASTY COLLAPSED IN 1911; CHAOTIC RULE UNDER THE REPUBLIC; JAPANESE INVASION IN THE 1930S; COMMUNIST FORCES; INTERNAL STRUGGLES; CULTURAL REVOLUTION
JAPANESE INVADED KOREA; DIVIDED THE NATION IN TWO; KOREAN WAR
CHINA
CALLIGRAPHY IS THE CENTRAL ARTISTIC EXPRESSION IN TRADITIONAL CHINA; EMPERORS ACCOMPLISHED CALLIGRAPHERS, PAINTERS, AND POETS
ARTISTS WORK UNDER THE PATRONAGE OF RELIGION OR STATE
LITERATI, A COUNTERCULTURE, A GROUP THAT PAINTED FOR THEMSELVES; HIGHLY INDIVIDUALIZED WORKS, DID NOT CARE FOR PUBLIC OPINION
DAOISM/CONFUCIANISM
PHILOSOPHIES OF ANCIENT CHINA
DOMINATE ALL ASPECTS OF CHINESE ART
DAOISM; WANDER; ESCAPE SOCIETAL PRESSURE; ACHIEVING SERENITY; ONENESS WITH NATURE; EMPHASIZE INDIVIDUAL EXPRESSION; YIN/YANG
CONFUCIANISM; BEHAVIOR, RELATIONSHIPS, AND DUTY; SYSTEM OF MUTUAL RESPECT; THEMES OF LOYALTY, MORALITY, GENEROSITY AMD HUMANITY; RESPECT FOR TRADITIONAL VALUES
CHINESE ARCHITECTURE
COURTYARD; FRAMED MEMBERS
WOOD PRINCIPAL BUILDING MATERIAL; PAINTED TO PRESERVE IT AND ENHANCE ARTISTIC EFFECT
CHINESE/KOREAN PAINTING
PAINTING APPEARS ON ALBUM LEAVES, FANS, MURALS, AND SCROLLS
SCROLLS NOT ALLOWED IN THE HOME; NOT HUNG FOR DECORATION; MEANT TO BE STUDIED, ADMIRED, AND ANALYZED
SILKS USED AS MAIN PAINTING SURFACE; COLOR AND TEXTURE; EVOKE A MOOD
COLOPHON: LAST PANEL WHERE COMMENTARIES ARE WRITTEN ON A SCROLL; WRITTEN AS POETRY
LANDSCAPE PAINTINGS PRIORITIZED IN CHINESE ART; LANDSCAPES REFLECT A PHILOSOPHICAL IDEA
SOME PARTS OF A PAINTING ARE BARREN, SUGGESTING OPENNESS AND SPACE; OTHER PARTS ARE CROWDED; THIS REFLECTS YING/YANG
SPECIALTY IS PORCELAIN; IMAGINATIVE DESIGNS; SOPHISTICATED GLAZING TECHNIQUES; PROTECTS VASE; MAXIMUM GLOSS AND FINISH
THE LITERATI
ARTISTS REJECTED THE RESTRICTED NATURE OF COURT ART AND DEVELOPED A HIGHLY INDIVIDUALIZED STYLE
WORKED IN VARIOUS ARTISTIC FIELDS; SCHOLARS RATHER THAN PROFESSIONAL ARTISTS; BY TRADITION DID NOT SELL THEIR WORKS
CHINESE SCULPTURE
LARGE SCALE SCULPTURE, SIGN OF GRANDEUR
ENORMOUS SCALE
SCULPTURES CUT IN SITU
CHINESE SCULPTURE IS KNOWN FOR INTRICATELY DESIGNED MINIATURE OBJECTS; JADE IN PARTICULAR IS PRIZED FOR ITS BEAUTY
PORCELAIN
YUAN DYNASTY (1279-1368); DISTINCTIVE BLUE AND WHITE COLOR; COBALT BLUE IMPORTED FROM IRAN
COILING METHOD AND THROWING METHOD
VOCABULARY
COILING: METHOD OF CREATING POTTERY IN WHICH A ROPE LIKE STRAND OF CLAY IS WRAPPED AND LAYERED
COLOPHON: COMMENTARY ON THE END PANEL OF A CHINESE HAND SCROLL
CONFUCIANISM: STRESSES EDUCATION, DEVOTION TO FAMILY, MUTUAL RESPECT, AND TRADITIONAL CULTURE
DAOISM: STRESSES INDIVIDUAL EXPRESSION AND BALANCE IN LIFE
HANJA: CHINESE CHARACTERS USED IN KOREAN SCRIPT
LITERATI: SOPHISTICATED AND SCHOLARLY GROUP OF CHINESE ARTISTS WHO PAINTED FOR THEMSELVES RATHER THAN FOR FAME/MASS ACCEPTANCE; WORK IS HIGHLY INDIVIDUALIZED
PAGODA: TOWER BUILT OF MANY STORIES
THROWING: POTTERY THROUGH A WHEEL
VAIROCANA: SUPREME BUDDHA
SUMMARY
CONFUCIANISM AND DAOISM DOMINATE THE FINE ARTS, AS WELL AS INTELLECTUAL THOUGHT IN CHINA
CHINESE ARTISTS APPRENTICED, SYSTEM OF PATRONAGE CONTROLLED BY RELIGION/GOVERNMENT; LITERARI NEGLECTED TRADITIONAL ARTS AND CULTIVATED A MORE INDIVIDUALIZED TYPE OF ART
CHINESE ART IS MONUMENT AND GRAND; CONSIDERABLE ATTENTION TO SMALLER OBJECTS SUCH AS PORCELAINS, JADE FIGURES, ETC.
SUMMARY
CONFUCIANISM AND DAOISM DOMINATE THE FINE ARTS, AS WELL AS INTELLECTUAL THOUGHT IN CHINA
CHINESE ARTISTS APPRENTICED, SYSTEM OF PATRONAGE CONTROLLED BY RELIGION/GOVERNMENT; LITERARI NEGLECTED TRADITIONAL ARTS AND CULTIVATED A MORE INDIVIDUALIZED TYPE OF ART
CHINESE ART IS MONUMENT AND GRAND; CONSIDERABLE ATTENTION TO SMALLER OBJECTS SUCH AS PORCELAINS, JADE FIGURES, ETC.