Chinese Art

Huajing Maske, D.Phil

Japan or China?
 Neolithic Map
Yangshao Culture

5000BC - 3000BC
 Yangshao Culture
6000-3000BC
Banshan
Banpo
Longshan
Songze
Liangzhu
Hongshan
Banshan
 Banpo Village Site
Longshan Culture

(4300-2400BC)
Longshan
Liangzhu Culture

3000 - 2500 BC
 Liangzhu Culture
Jade Cong
 Bi Disk
 Hongshan Culture
 Pig-dragon
Xia Dynasty
Before 1660B.C.
 Jue
 Oracle Bones
and
the Kings of the Shang
 Shang Dynasty
1645-1045 B.C.E.
Anyang
 Anyang
Tomb
 Bronze types
 Ding
 Fang
Ding
 Jue
 Yu
Yu
 Taotie and Leiwen
Sanxingdui
 1. Making a clay Model
 2. Making the Outer mold
 3. Carving the Inscriptions
 4. Making the inner core
 5. Combining the outer
mold and the inner mold.
 6. Pour the bronze liquid into
the mold
 7. Cleaning up and
polishing after casting
Zhou Dynasty
1045-256BC
Qin Dynasty

221BC-206BC
 Qinshi
Huangdi

Yingzheng
The Three Perfections
--Relationship Between Chinese Art
and Chinese Poetry

Huajing Maske, Ph.D
Dao Ji, Poeny, 17th century
Zhao Mengfu (14th c): Autumn Colors of the Jiao and
Hua Mountains
Origin and development
of
Chinese Calligraphy

Cang Jie

 Earliest evidence
Zun, Yanghe Villege, Shandong
4500 years old
Dawenkou Culture
Pictographs
 Big Bowl,
Banpo
Neolithic
Village,
5000-3000BC
 Jin Wen

Bronze Script
 Ding,
Shang Dynasty
(16th-11th century BC)
Bronze Platter, Zhou Dynasty
(11th c BC-256BC)
Bronze Script
 Jia Gu Wen

Oracle Bone Script

Oracle Bone Script
Bronze Script & Oracle Bone Script
Ma
The Three Perfections
-- Calligraphy,Poetry&Painting

Earlier Chinese Painting
 Confucianism
as
reflected in Painting
Confucianism
Reflected in Chinese painting
 Confucianism
Confucius (551-497BC)
---Kong Qiu , Kong Fuzi
---First teacher
---State of Lu --Shandong
---Analects
 Confucianism
Seeks harmony among human beings
State --Ideal age of Zhou
--- roles to the state
Family
 Five cardinal relations
Ruler --- Subject
Father --- Son
Husband --- Wife
Elder brother --- Younger brother
Friend --- Friend
Admonition of the Court Ladies
Admonition of the Court Ladies
No One Can Endlessly Please
 Confucian Virtues
Ren : benevolence, humanity
Yi integrity, righteousness
Li ritual, propriety
Zhi intellegence, knowledge
Xin : honesty, loyalty
 Xiao -Filial Piety
Children to parents
--- live
---dead
Daughter-in-law
Stories: The Story of a Grandson
Stone Rubbing of story of Filial Piety
Guojus Example
 Zhong --loyalty
To state
Friends
Family
 Daoism
Reflected in Chinese Painting
Scholar Painting
Ma Yuan, On a Mountain Path in the Spring, 13th c
Write Ideas

Xu Wei, Pomegranate

16th century
Silent Poetry

Zheng Sixiao, Orchid, 14th century
Zhao Mengfu, Goat and Sheep, 14th century
Shen Zhou, The Night Vigil
1492
 The Scholar-artists
The Scholar-artists Gathering
Gatherings

Literatis Gathering
The Story of Boya