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ART H 212
Visual Art and Culture of China
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Art History
Undergraduate 2
01/29/2013

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Hongshan Culture 
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NE China, 3800-2700 BCE 
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Liangzhu Culture
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Lower Yangzi region, 3300-2200 BCE
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Bi
Definition
Jade disk
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Cong
Definition
jade tube with round inner and square outer perimeter
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Erlitou
Definition
Near Luoyang, 1800-1500 BCE
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Anyang
Definition

Last capital of the Shang Dynasty, south of Beijing

1300-1000 BCE

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Western Zhou
Definition

Conquered the Shang in 1000 BCE, died out in 771 BCE

Wei River Valley near Xi'an 

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Eastern Zhou and Warring States
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in 771 the Zhou royal house fled from the Wei River valley and set up a new capital near modern Luoyang, in the middle Yellow River valley. Warring states period: 475-221 BCE ,An important Warring States tomb with fine jades belonged to Marquis Yi of   the Zeng state 433 BCE 

 

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Qin Dynasty
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221-207 BCE
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Han Dynasty
Definition

206 BCE-220 AD

Two important early Han tombs with jade suits belonged to a prince named Liu Sheng 刘胜(died 113 BC) and his wife Dou Wan窦绾, located at Mancheng, Hebei province.

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Majiayao
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in the far west (Gansu province), a few centuries just before and after 3000 BC. 

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Dawenkou
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in Shandong province, c. 4300-2400 BC.

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Longshan
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also in Shandong province, c. 3000-2000 BC, renowned for its black ceramics.
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Ding
Definition
Tripod bowl
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Yixing
Definition

a place to the west of Lake Tai in Jiangsu province, renowned for its stoneware teapot.

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Chen Mingyuan
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the most famous Yixing potter of the late 17th-early 18th century AD
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Chen Mansheng
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: a painter and seal carver who liked to commission potters to make teapots he designed.   

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Stoneware
Definition
: the clay body is hard and non-porous and is fired to about 1200°C.
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Porcelain 
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a vitrified ceramic material with a very hard, white, and translucent body, fired up from 1,280°C to 1400°C 
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Jingdezhe
Definition

A city in Jiangxi province (on the southern bank of middle Yangzi river), which was and still is the most important center for porcelain manufacture in China. Porcelain making began at Jingdezhen in the tenth century AD and ceramics made for imperial use were manufactured here from the beginning of the Ming dynasty, continuing into the Qing. In addition to kilns dedicated to such high-quality porcelains, there were many other kilns making more ordinary ceramics for domestic and international consumption. 

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Zhengzhou
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Typset of the Erligang, 1500-1300 BCE
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Wu Ding
Definition
fourth Anyang king, oracle bones found 1200 BCE, married to Fu Hao
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taotie
Definition

at first just a paired-eye motif surrounded by spirals, it gradually grew into a zoomorphic form that evokes the animal world yet does not refer to any particular animal.

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