Chapter Seventeen China and Korea Prepared by Kelly Donahue-Wallace Randal Wallace University of North Texas Gardner's Art through the Ages, Concise Edition by Fred Kleiner

China Dates and Places: 1600BCE to present Mainland China People: Political dynasties Lavish burials Daoism, Confucianism, Buddhism Bureaucratic administration YE YUSHAN and others, Rent Collection Courtyard, Fig

China Themes: Religious themes Animals Portraits, narratives Landscape Forms: Non-illusionistic Idealized figures Hierarchy of scale Shifting perspective WU ZHEN, Stalks of Bamboo by a Rock, Yuan dynasty, Fig

China Example: Shang Dynasty Bronze libation vessel Intricate surface design, linear patterns suggest forms Abstract composite creatures Burial item, ritual function Guang, Anyang, Shang dynasty, 12th or 11th century BCE. Fig

China Example: Qin Dynasty Painted terracotta army for emperor’s burial Outfitting afterlife Body parts from molds, but individualized by assembly and hand sculpting Army of the First Emperor of Qin, Lintong, Qin dynasty, ca. 210 BCE. Fig

China Example: Tang Dynasty Buddhism introduced through trade, missionaries Cave complexes Hierarchy of scale Buddha, monks, bodhisattvas Monumental simplicity Vairocana Buddha, disciples, and bodhisattvas, Longmen Caves, Luoyang, Tang dynasty, completed 675. Fig

China Example: Tang Dynasty Scroll painting Golden age of figure painting in China Exemplars of morality and political virtue Hierarchy of scale Some shading to suggest volume Attributed to YAN LIBEN, Emperor Xuan and Attendants, The Thirteen Emperors, Tang dynasty, ca Fig

China FAN KUAN, Travelers among Mountains and Streams, Northern Song period, early 11th century. Fig

China Example: Song Dynasty Age of technological progress Landscape painting Observation of nature Evocative scale Exceeds boder Shifting perspective Texture strokes FAN KUAN, Travelers among Mountains and Streams, Northern Song period, early 11th century. Fig

China Example: Song period, Liao Dynasty Buddhist pagoda Chinese wood construction: pitched roof, projecting eaves, columns, brackets, lintels—skeletal Colors symbolic Foguang Si Pagoda, Liao dynasty, Fig

China Example: Ming Dynasty Palace complex of emperor Restricted access Ritual architecture Gates, courtyards, buildings North-south axis to throne Forbidden City, Ming dynasty, 15th century and later. Fig

China Example: Ming Dynasty Hanging scroll landscape painting Literati painting Free and expressive style of Southern Song painting Abstract patterns of light and shadow DONG QICHANG, Dwelling in the Qingbian Mountains, Ming dynasty, Fig

Korea Namdaemun, Seoul, Choson dynasty, first built in Fig

Korea Example: Choson Dynasty, Korea Korea influenced by China Civic structure: gate to city Stone foundation, wood above, brackets Compare to Roman triumphal arches Namdaemun, Seoul, Choson dynasty, first built in Fig