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Arts of China and Japan
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Art History
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05/02/2012

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Archer

Earthenware

From the burial army of the First August Emperor of Qin.

 

Qin Dynasty

 

3rd. Cen BCE

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Calvaryman and Saddle Horse

Earthenware, Burial Army of the Tomb of the First Emperor of Qin (Qinshi Huangdi)

 

Lishan, Lintong, Shaanxi

 

Qin Dynasty, 210 BCE

 

High degree of technique - interest in realism

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Fei-yi Banner

ink on silk, color: mineral and vegetable elements

 

Top is celestial, heavenly realm

Daoist symbols & cosmology, Belief in the afterlife

Frog Moon, Crow Sun, Female (center) encircled by red serpent

 

Western Han Dynasty, 2nd centure BCE

 

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Admonitions the Instructress of the Palace

Ink and color on silk
Gu Kaishi (344-406 AD)

Handscroll (emaki)

 

Tang Dynasty; Confucian theme

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Ladies with Flowers in Their Hair

 

Tang Dynasty

Emaki, Ink and color on Silk

 

Court Painting

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Amitabha Buddha

Cave Painting: Dunhuang Caves

 

Tang Dynasty, 8th cen CE

-influence of Gupta: snail curls

Tang: drapery hanging down

PURELAND BUDDHISM

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Emperor Ming Huang's Journey to Shu

Ink and color wash on Silk

 

Tang Dynasty-8th cen CE

 

Humans tiny compared to nature-cannot control nature

 

BLUE GREEN SCHOOL

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Traveling Among Streams and Mountains

Ink and Light Color on silk

Fan Kuan, ca. 1000

 

Northern Song Dynasty

Hanging Scroll

 

combined Buddhist, Daoist, and Confucian Ideals to create Neo-Confucianism

 

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Early Spring

Hanging Scroll, Ink and Light color on Silk (dry ink)

1072 CE

 

Northern Song Dynasty

 

Located as The National Palace Museum at Taipei

Stark style-trees look like crab claws

Emphasis harshness of Spring landscape, illusion of water, sky, fog

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Five-Colored Parakeet

undated, Emaki, Ink and color on Silk

 

Northern Song Dynasty

 

Detail in shading and highlighting

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On a Mountain Path in Spring

Ma Yuan, undated, Ink and slight color on Silk

"One Corner Ma"

 

Southern Song Dynasty

 

Antiquity of trees, asymmetrical

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Pure and Remote View of Hills and Streams

undated, emaki, Ink on PAPER

 

Southern Song Dynasty

 

emphasis of landscape, seen in sections, Axe-cut texture strokes-distinct sharp brush strokes

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The Tang Poet Li Bo Chanting a Poem

Undated, Hanging Scroll, Ink on PAPER

 

Southern Song Dynasty

Chan Buddhist Painting

 

minimalist style, mindfulness of Chan Buddhism

Painting as meditative exercise in Chan Buddhism

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The 6th Chan Patriarch Chopping Bamboo

Undated, Hanging Scroll, Ink on Paper

 

Southern Song Dynasty

Chan Buddhist Painting

 

more ordinary task, harder to control focus, caligraphic

Located: Tokyo National Museum

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Six Persimmons

Undated, INK ON PAPER

 

Southern Song Dynasty

Chan Buddhist Tradition

 

Simplicity

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Sheep and Goat

Zhao Mengfu

Undated, emaki, Ink on Paper

 

Yuan Dynasty (1260-1368)

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Autumn Colors on the Qiao and Hua Mountains

Zhao Mengfu, 1296, emaki, Ink and color on paper

 

Yuan Dynasty

 

Movement toward starkness, figures no longer in work, focus solely on landscape

Simple mountains, clumping of trees

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The Rongxi Studio

Ni Zan, 1372, Ink on Paper, Hanging Scroll

 

Yuan Dynasty

 

Artist known for sparseness of brush

(frugal in life and work)

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Vessel

Earthenware, 2500-1500 BCE, no paint

 

Late Jomon Period (10,500-300 BCE)

 

corded markings elaborated and large

Entire surface created with sculpture technique

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Jomon Figurine (Dogu)

Earthenware, 3000-2000 BCE

 

Late Jomon Period (1000-300 BCE)

 

figures ritually broken-link to afterlife

Protected the dead, animals-medium

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Haniwa Figure

clay, 3-4 feet, 6th cen BCE

 

Late Kofun Period

(Era of the Ancient Tombs)

 

guarded tombs, stood on ground, acurate garmets and action

Stylization of body, not natural face

Figures to entertain Emperor

HOLLOW- slit eyes, open mouth

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Ise Shrine

Dedicated to the Sun Goddess Amaterasu: most important Kami

 

Only uses natural material (no nails)

All Wood, built every 20 years

 

represents that everything has a beginning and you renew it

 

Start from profane (gates) to sacred (main shrine)

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Ise Shrine: Main Hall

Hosts Kami; aesthetics critical to Japanese minimalism

simplicity of form, large cyprus trees, elevated from ground

 

No images, Bronze mirror represents sun goddess and sword represents emperor

 

Emperor considered Kami spirit: job to protect nation; plants first rice every year

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Horyuji

Temple of the Exalted Dharma, 7-8th century BCE

Asuka Period (552-645)

 

oldest wooden building,original wood from 7th cen.

influence of Chinese architecture

Ground Plan: aspect of an enclosure with rooms around it, gateways - differene between sacred space

Stupa (wisdom) & Kondo (compassion)

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Kondo: Golden Hall

 

contains Shaka Triad

 

inside Horyuji

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Shaka Triad

Tori Busshi, gilt bronze, 623 CE

 

Asuka Period

 

shakimuni, waterfall garmet flowing over seat- Chinese style via Korea

No Tang style, disconnect in time

Korean style figures, high crown, elongated faces, interest in narrow body - fully clothed bodhisattvas

No fear & giving gesture > Specific to East Japan

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Kongokai Mandala: Mandala of the Diamond World

Hanging Scrolls, color on silk, 9th cen CE

 

Heian Period (789-1185 CE)

 

Symbolizes WISDOM

9 mandalas-each with 5 buddhas

influence of Chinese art, no Korean influence

Style: No distinction in color, different gestures, center is Virochana

 

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Byodoin: Amitabha

Jocho, 1053CE, gilt wood

 

Located in Phoenix Hall: Pureland Temple


Increasing Japanese elements in face, less sweet, no snail curls, stern looking buddhas

wooden back reflects caligraphic tradition

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Amida Raigo Triptych

color on silk, 11th cen CE

 

Heian Period

 

Raigo, welcoming to paradise

Central Amida with bodhisattvas, Kannon (Padmapani)

Style: Idea of abrubt edging, gives a sense of movement

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Amitabha Welcoming The Dead

 

Raigo Paintings

 

Blending of Chinese landscape painting with Japanese movement

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Gate Guardians

Unkei, Wood, 13th cen CE

Todai-ji

 

Kamakura Period (1185-1333)

emphasis on realism art

 

Great South Gate

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Ryoanji, Kyoto

15th cen CE, Dry Landscape Garden

 

minimalist, entire garden gravel, rocks covered by moss to indicate islands, changes for seasons

 

Shibui aspect: crack in rock

 

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Tai-an Tea House

16th cen CE

 

Tea Ceremony-premeditative-appreciative art

Principles: Harmony, reverence (embodies Zen aesthetics), purity, tranquility

Tea comes from India: Green Tea: MACHA

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Amida Triad

710 CE, mural painting from the Kondo, Horyuji

 

Nara Period (710-794)

 

Kare-e style: wire-line technique, brushwork, subject: Pureland Buddhism

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Tale of Genji: Onna-e

emaki, ink and color on paper, 12th cen CE

 

Yamato-e Style: Japanese

 

"Dash for eyes, hook for nose"

subject to be highly emotional through interaction of subjects, dynamic juxtaposition, heavy use of color, use of diagonals to charge scene, pancake make-up

Often done in workshop by multiple artists, blown-off roof

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The Flying Storehouse

from Mt. Shigi Scroll

 

Otoko-e, Yamato-e style

 

figures cartoonlike, idea of fast, energetic, creative style

Subject Enji

 

Done by single artist

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Catching a Catfish with a Gourd

Josetsu, hanging scroll, ink and slight color on Paper

ca. 1413

 

Ashikaga (Muromachi) Period (1392-1573)

based on Zen Koan-absurd saying

Caligraphy by monks commenting on painting and koan

Art interacts with viewer, natural landscape, formal style

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Splashed-Ink (Hatsuboku) Landscape

Sesshu, hanging scroll, ink on paper, 1495

 

Ashikaga Period

 

minimalist, swift brushwork, humans miniscule

Caligraphic notes

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Daruma

Hakuin, Ink on Paper, 17th cen CE

 

Ashikaga Period

 

What is the sound of one hand clapping?

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Irises

Ogata Korin, folding screen, color and gold leaf on paper

 

Edo Period

 

asymmetrical, broad flat surface, simplicity and opulance, juxtaposition of blues to create shade

 

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Mount Fuji Seen Below a Wave from: 36 Views of Mt. Fuji

Hokusai, full-color woodblock print, 1829-1833

 

Edo Period

 

waves stylized, highly refined, yamato-e composition, asymmetrical, symbol is less than design

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