art & architecture of ancient china
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Art & Architecture of Ancient China. 1600 BCE – 1279 CE. Guang , Anyang, China, Shang Dynasty, 12 th or 11 th C BCE, Bronze, 6 ½” H. Standing figure, from Sanxingdui , China, ca. 1200-1050 BCE, Bronze, 8” 5” high. . - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Art & Architecture of Ancient China 1600 BCE – 1279 CE
Guang, Anyang, China, Shang Dynasty, 12th or 11th C BCE, Bronze, 6 ½” H
Standing figure, from Sanxingdui, China, ca. 1200-1050 BCE, Bronze,
8” 5” high.
Bi disk with dragons, from Jincun, China, Eastern Zhou dynasty, 4th – 3rd C. BCE, Nephrite, 6 ½”
diameter
Army of the First Emperor of Qin in pits next to his burial mound, Lintong, China, Qin dynasty, ca. 210 BCE, Painted
Terracotta, average figure 5’ 10 7/8” high
Funeral Banner, from Tomb 1, Mawangdui, China, Han
dynasty, ca. 168 BCE, Painted silk, 6’ 8 ¾” x 3’ ¼”
The archer Yi and a reception in a mansion, Wu family shrine, Jiaxiang, China, Han dynasty 147-168 CE, Rubbing of a stone relief
Gu Kaizhi, Lady Feng and the Bear (detail), Period of Disunity,late 4th C. handscroll on silk, 9 ¾” x 11’ 4 ½”.
Neighing Horse, Tang dynasty, 8th to 9th C. Glazed Earthenware, 1” 8” high
Fan Kuan, Travelers among
Mountains and Streams, Northern Song period, early 11th C. Hanging
scroll, ink and colors on silk,
6’ 7 ¼” x 3’ 4 ½”
Attributed to Huizong, Auspicious Cranes, Northern Song Period, 1112, section of a handscroll, ink and colors on silf, 1’
8 ½” x 4’ 6 1/8”
Ma Yuan, On a Mountain Path in Spring, Southern Song period, early 13th C. Album leaf, ink and colors on silk,
10 ¾” x 17”
Chinese wooden architecture feature dramatically projecting eaves
Foguang Si Pagoda, Yingxian, China, Liao dynasty, 1056