VIS114GS
Summer Session I, 2012
Art and Visual Culture in China
Prof. Kuiyi Shen
Department of Visual Arts
Email: kshen@ucsd.edu
COURSE DESCRIPTION
This course will discuss the major trends in the arts of China from a thematic point of view. We
will study important developments in style and subject matter in the context of contemporary
cultural phenomena. The factors behind the making of works of art, including political and
religious meaning, will be brought to bear on selected objects or monuments from China's great
artistic eras. Discussion of selected examples of ancient Chinese critical and theoretical writings
in translation will supplement modern art historical readings and in-class study of visual images.
We hope that you will come away from this class sensitive to some of the values intrinsic to
Chinese art, regardless of whether these values parallel western artistic concerns or conflict with
them. Specifically, you should acquire some understanding of the technological and stylistic
development of the arts of China, be able to distinguish masterpieces of one period from those of
another, be aware of the aesthetic, theoretical, or cultural issues that underpinned this
development, and have a general idea of the political, religious, economic, or cultural changes
that paralleled the development of each new type of art.
COURSE FORMAT
The class will be conducted as a series of illustrated lectures. Each section of the material will
be presented chronologically, with discussion of problems in interpretation, connoisseurship, or
methodology. The discussions will serve to review important concepts and works of art,
introduce issues which will synthesize the course material, and serve as models of the conceptual
approaches. Questions and comments are always welcome, but discussion will be particularly
important.
COURSE REQUIREMENTS AND GRADING
You are expected to become familiar with all the art works, facts, and concepts introduced in
class, as well as with facts and issues introduced in the textbook and by guest lectures. Study
guides which list the works of art studied in each section will be handed out in class.
One examination in two parts:
a. In-class slide examination in which you will be asked to identify the artist, school or site; the
date; and the subject matter of the work of art illustrated, and then to comment on the
significance of the work to the development of Chinese art. Some of these will be single
monuments; others will be in the compare and contrast format (60%).
b. In-class essay questions that will involve synthesizing themes and issues of the course (40%).
Textbook:
Michael Sullivan, The Arts of China, Fifth Edition, University of California Press, 2009.
TENTATIVE LECTURE TOPICS
Week 1
Introduction; Prehistoric Roots: Late Neolithic Cultures
The Bronze Age: Shang and Zhou
The Period of the Warring States
Week 2:
The First Empires: Qin and Han
Age of the Dharma: the Period of Division
Week 3:
A New Imperial State: Sui and Tang
Technologies and Cultures of the Song
Week 4:
The Art of Dissent: Literati Painting of the Yuan Period
The Court and the Scholars of the Ming Period
Week 5:
Dissent and Collaboration in the Qing Period
In-class slide exam and essay questions
Selected References
Acker, William Reynolds Beal. Some T'ang and Pre-T'ang Texts on
Chinese Painting. Leiden, 1954 and 1974 (vols. I, II-1, and II-2)
Arts of China. Kodansha International, 1968-9 [Arts]
Vol. I: Neolithic Cultures to the Tang Dynasty
Vol. II: Buddhist Cave Temples: New Researches
Vol. III: Paintings in Chinese Museums
Barnhart, Richard M. Along the Border of Heaven: Sung and Yuan
Paintings from the C.C. Wang Family Collection. New York, 1983.
----. Peach Blossom Spring: Garden and Flowers in Chinses Painting.
ND1048 A25
Bush, Susan, and Hsio Yen-shih. Early Chinese Texts on Painting.
1985.
---- and Murck, Christian. Theories of the Arts in China. 1983.
Cahill, James. Chinese Painting. Geneva, Switzerland, 1961.
----The Compelling Image: Nature and Style in Seventeenth Century
Chinese Painting. Cambridge, 1982. [Compelling]
ND1500
E25 1985
NX583A1T48
ND1043 C28
ND1043.5.C34*
N7343 C5613
V1-3
ND1043.4B37
1983*
ND1043.4.B38
1983
----. Painters of the Great Ming: The Imperial Court and the Zhe
ND1043.5.B37
School. Dallas Museum of Art, 1993.
1993
----. Li Kung-lin’s Classic of Filial Piety.
ND1457.C56L53
25.1994
Baxandall, Michael. Patterns of Intention: On the Historical
ND1145.B36198
Explanation.
5
Bickford, Maggie, et al. Bones of Jade, Soul of Ice. New Haven: Yale N7680B48 1985
Univ. Art Gallery, 1985
----. Hills Beyond a River: Chinese Painting of the Yuan Dynasty, 1279-1368. New York
and Tokyo, 1976. [Hills]
ND1043.C33
----. The Painter's Practice: How Artists Lived and Worked in
ND1043.5.C35
Traditional China. New York: Columbia, 1994.
1994
Chang, Kwang-chih. The Archaeology of
DS715.C38.1986
Ancient China. New Haven, 1986.
Cohen, Joan Lebold. The New Chinese Painting. New York: Abrams, ND1045C63198
1987.
7
Eight Dynasties of Chinese Painting. Cleveland, 1980.[8 Dyn]
ND1042.w53
Fong, Wen. The Great Bronze Age of China. New York: Metropolitan NK7983.22.N48
Museum of Art, 1980. [Fong]
1980*
-----. Images of the Mind: Selections from the Edward L. Elliott Family ND1042.142
and John B. Elliott Collections of Chinese Calligraphy and Painting at 1984
The Art Museum. Princeton: The University Art Museum, 1984.
-----. Beyond representation: Chinese Painting and Calligraphy 8th to ND1043.3.F66
14th Century. New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1992.
1992
Fontein, Jan. Zen Painting and Calligraphy.
Keswick, Maggie. The Chinese Garden. London, 1986.
Lee, Sherman, and Ho, Waikam. Chinese Art Under the Mongols.
Cleveland Museum of Art, 1968. [Lee&Ho]
Loehr, Max. The Great Painters of China.
Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Quest for Eternity. 1987.
ND197F6 1971
SB457.55.K47
N7342.L37
Munakata, Kiyohiko. Sacred Mountains in Chinese Art. 1928
*N8214.5.5C6
M861928
Pirazzoli-t'Serstevens, Michele. The Han Dynasty. New York, 1982.
DS748.P5713.
ND1040.L58
ND4165.Q4
Powers, Martin. "Social Values and Aesthetic Choices in Han Dynasty DS793. S8.S77.
Sichuan," in Stories from China's Past: Han Dynasty Pictorial Tomb 1987*
Reliefs and Archaeological Objects from Sichuan Province, P.R.C. San
Francisco, 1987.
Powers, Martin. Art and Political Expression in Early China. New
NB1880.C6.P68.
Haven and London: Yale University Press, 1991.
1991
Sickman, Laurence, and Soper, Alexander. The Art and Architecture of N7340 S46 1971
China. Baltimore, 1956, revised. [S&S]
Silbergeld, Jerome. Chinese Painting Style: Media, Methods, and
ND1040.S47
Principles.
1982
Siren, Osvald. Chinese Painting: Leading Masters and Principles. 7
vols., 1956. [Siren]
Sullivan, Michael. Art and Artists of Twentieth Century China.
Berkeley, 1996.
Thorp, Robert. Son of Heaven. Seattle, 1989.
Watson, William. Art of Dynastic China. New York, 1979.
ND1040 S49
1973
N7345.S79 1996
Weng, Wango, and Yang Boda. The Palace Museum, Peking:
Treasures of the Forbidden City.
N7342 T561988
N7343.22.
W3713
N3750.P3.W4
1982
Vinograd, Richard. Boundaries of the Self: Chinese Portraits, 16001900. Cambridge, 1992.
ND1326.V56.19
92
Clunas, Craig. Art in China. Oxford, 1997.
N7340.C59 1997
Lee, Sherman. China: 5,000 Years. Guggenheim Museum & Abrams, 1998.
N7342.C56 1998
Barnhart, Richard, et al. Three Thousand Years of Chinese Painitng
New Haven: Yale University Press, 1997.
ND1040.T48 1997
Robert Thorp and Richard Vinograd. Chinese Art and Culture.
Prentice Hall and Abrams, 2000
NX583.A1 T49 2001
Study Guide 1
Neolithic cultures
Yangshao culture (painted pottery)
Banpo village, near Xi’an Shaanxi province, Sullivan 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4
Gansu sites, Sullivan 1.5
Longshan culture (unpainted black, gray, or tan pottery)
Shandong province, Sullivan 1.11, 1.12
Liangzhu culture (especially jades), Sullivan 1.13, 1.14
Lower Yangzi Valley
The Three Dynasties
Traditional Dates
Xia [Hsia]
2200-1760 b.c.
Shang
1760-1050 b.c.
Zhou
1050-256 b.c.
Erlitou, Henan (ca. 1900-1600)
Jue vessels, Sullivan 2.1
Zhengzhou, Henan [Honan; sometimes called Erligang culture]
(ca. 1600-1400 b.c.)
Ding vessels, Sullivan 2.3, 2.4
Li he vessel, Sullivan 2.18
Anyang, Henan (capital ca. 1400-1045 b.c.)
Tomb of Fu Hao at Anyang, Henan province (ca. 1300 b.c.)
Consort of the fourth Anyang king, Wu Ding.
Tomb no. 5, excavated in 1976.
Objects inscribed "Fu Hao", Fu Hao Square Ding, Sullivan 2.19
Objects cast for her funeral, inscribed "Si Mu Xin" or "Hou Xin," Gong, Fong 30 (erroneously labelled
guang)
Jade Figures, Sullivan 2.30
Max Loehr's Five Styles of Shang bronzes, 2.23
Motifs: taotie (ogre); kui (dragon); leiwen (thunder pattern)
Vessel types reproduced in Sullivan: you 2.20; gu 2.21; zun 2.22; jia 2.23; gong [erroneously guang]
2.24
Peripheral sites:
Bronze sculptures and masks of human images, Sanxingdui, Guanghan county, Sichuan, ca. 1200-1000
b.c.e., 2.6
WESTERN ZHOU DYNASTY (ca. 1027-771 B.C.)
Duan Fang altar, Metropolitan Museum of Art
Excavated 1901, at Baoji, Shaanxi
Gui dated 825 b.c.e. Sullivan 2.37
Fang yi, bronze, Freer Gallery, Sullivan 2.36
Hu, ritual vessel, Sullivan 2.38
Tiger, bronze, Freer Gallery, Sullivan 2.39
EASTERN ZHOU DYNASTY (771-256 B.C)
Tombs of the Kings of Zhongshan (late 4th century b.c.)
Pingshan County, Hebei. Excavated 1977.
Mythical creatures, bronze with inlay, Sullivan 3.3
Ding in Liyu style, 6th-5th c. b.c.e. Sullivan 3.5
Hu, ca. 600 b.c. From Xinzheng, Hebei. Sullivan 3.4
Bo-type Bell, bronze, Sullivan 3.9
Tomb of the Marquis Yi of Zeng, at Suixian, Hubei, 433 b.c. Sullivan 59
Set of Sixty-four Bells Sullivan 3.10
The Jincun Tradition
Ding, bronze with inlay, Minneapolis, Sullivan 3.6
Bianhu, bronze with silver inlay, Freer Gallery, 4th-3rd c. b.c.e. Sullivan 3.8
hu, bronze inlaid with hunting scenes, Sullivan 3.13
Reading: Textbook Chapter 1, 2, &3
Two excellent reference works are:
Yang Xiaoneng, et al. The Golden Age of Chinese Archaeology: Celebrated Discoveries from the
People's Republic of China, National Gallery of Art, 1999.
Lee, Sherman. China: 5000 Years. Guggenheim Museum, 1998.
Study Guide 2
State of Chu
Man and Dragon. 4th-3rd century BCE. Silk painting. H. 14 1/4". Changsha, Hunan.
Lady With Phoenix and Dragon, painting, ink on silk, 3rd century BCE. Sullivan 3.22
Bowl, painted lacquer, diam. 14 1/8". Sullivan 3.23
Cult object or guardian in the form of a long-tongued creature eating a snake. Carved and
lacquered wood. H. 78". Xinyang, Henan. Sullivan 3.20
Drum Stand lacquered wood
Design on an inlaid bronze Hu. Sullivan 3.24
QIN DYNASTY (221-206 BCE)
Terra cotta soldiers, horses, and military officials c. 210 BCE, from pits on the imperial
mausoleum at Mount Li, Shaanxi province. Sullivan 4.11-12
Carriage and Horses, c. 210 BCE, bronze with painted and openwork decoration, from pits of
the imperial mausoleum at Mount Li, Shaanxi province. Sullivan 4.13
HAN DYNASTY (202 BCE - 220 CE)
Western Han Dynasty (202 BCE - 9 CE)
Horse and barbarian, stone, from the tomb of Huo Qubing. 6'3". Sullivan 4.10
Tombs of the Family of Li Cang, the Marquis of Dai, ca. 186-168 BCE, at Mawangdui,
Changsha, Hunan. Sullivan 4.9
Feiyi funerary banner, from Mawangdui Tomb 1. Silk, h. 6' 8 3/4". Sullivan 4.30-31
Coverred fanghu jar. 2nd century BCE. Lacquer wares, Mawangdui. Sullivan 4.29
Woven silk textile. 2nd c. BCE. Silk with embroidery, Mawangdui Tomb1. Sullivan 4.43
Tombs of Prince Liu Sheng (Prince of Zhongshan, d.113 BCE). and his wife Dou Wan, at
Mancheng, Hebei.
Burial suit. c. 113 BCE. Jade plaques with gold thread. Overall length 6' 2". Sullivan 4.41
Gilt-bronze lamp in the shape of a serving girl. c. 173 BCE, from the tomb of Dou Wan.
Sullivan 4.19
Incense burner in the shape of a magic mountain (Bo shan lu), inlaid with gold, from the tomb
of Liu Sheng. Sullivan 4.32
Confucianism (Confucius Kongfuzi c. 551-479 BCE), Daoism (Taoism), and Legalism
Stone reliefs at the Wu Family Shrines, Jiaxiang, Shandong Sullivan 4.23
Paragons of Filial Piety, painted on a basket, found at the site of a Han colony at Lelang, North
Korea, 1st century CE. Sullivan 4.28
Gentlemen in Conversation. Detail of a painted pottery tile from a tomb near Luoyang, Henan.
H. 7 5/8". ca. 2nd century. Sullivan 4.26
Shooting birds on a lakeshore, and harvesting. 2nd century CE. Molded pottery tile from a
tomb at Guanghan, Sichuan. 4.24
Immortals playing liubo. 2nd century CE. Rubbing from a stone relief at Xinjin, Sichuan.
Chengdu Museum, Sichuan. 4.36
Reading: Chapter 3 & 4
Recommended Readings:
Yang Xiaoneng, et al. The Golden Age of Chinese Archaeology: Celebrated Discoveries from the
People's Republic of China, National Gallery of Art, 1999.
Lee, Sherman. China: 5000 Years. Guggenheim Museum, 1998.
Study Guide 3
SIX DYNASTIES PERIOD (220-581)
Secular Art
att. to Wang Xizhi, Yuanguantie, Eastern Jin, c. 356 (Tang period copy). Calligraphy, ink on
paper. Sullivan 5.3
att. to Wang Xizhi, Langting Preface, c. 353. Tang Dynasty copy, Rubbing. Sullivan 5.6
The Six Laws of Xie He, 6th century. p. 102
Gu Kaizhi (c. 344-406), att. to, Admonitions of the Court Instructress. Eastern Jin, 4th c.
(Tang period copy). Handscroll, ink and color on silk, 9 3/4" x 11' 4 ½". British Museum.
Sullivan 5.8
after Gu Kaizhi (c. 344-406), The Fairy of the Luo River, (Northern Song copy), handscroll,
ink and color on silk, 10 ½" x 18' 9". Freer Gallery of Art, Washington D.C. Sullivan 5.7.
Filial sons and virtuous women of antiquity, lacquered screen, dated 484, found in the tomb of
Sima Jinlong, Datong, Shanxi. 5.9
Filial Shun, detail from Paragons of Filial Piety. ca. 525. engraved stone sarcophagus, 24 ½"
x 88". probably from Luoyang, 5.12
The Seven Sages of the Bamboo Grove. Fifth century, drawing and rubbing of brick relief,
Sullivan 5.32-33
Buddhist Art
The Buddha (Sakyamuni): Gautama Siddhartha (567-483 BCE)
Sakyamuni Buddha. Gilt bronze, ca. 338. Asian Art Museum of San Francisco. 5.13
Northern Wei Dynasty (386-534) Capital at Pingcheng near modern Datong, Shanxi
The Yungang Cave, near Datong, Shanxi province, constructed ca. 460-494.
Cave 7, Sullivan 5.18
Shakyamuni Buddha, Cave 20. Sandstone, 45'. Sullivan 5.17
The Longmen Caves, near Luoyang, Henan
Sakyamuni Buddha, Binyangdong chapel, Longmen. Northern Wei, c. 523. Limestone, h. 21'.
Buddha group on south wall, Sullivan 5.19.
Empress as donor. Relief removed from Binyang chapel. Limestone, h. 6' 4". Sullivan 5.20
The Mogao Caves at Dunhuang, Gansu, from 366
Northern Wei Caves (386-534)
The Jataka of the Golden Gazelle, Cave 257. Sullivan 5.28
Buddha preaching the law, Cave 249. Sullivan 5.27
Sykyamuni and Prabhutaratna. Gilt bronze. ca. 518, h. 10". Musee Guimet, Paris. Sullivan
5.22
Western Wei (535-554)
Interior view of Cave 249. Mogao chapels, Dunhuang, Gansu, Gansu. c. 538/539. Sullivan 5.29
Northern Zhou (550-575)
Standing Bodhisattva. Northern Zhou, ca. 580. Gilt bronze, h. 8'3". form Qinglongsi, Xi’an,
Shaanxi. Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Sullivan 5.25
Reading: Chapter 5
Study Guide 4
SUI DYNASTY (581-617) and TANG DYNASTY (618-906)
Buddhist Art
Fengxian Temple. Longmen, Henan. Commissioned by Emperor Gaozong in 672, completed c.
675.
Great Buddha (Mahavairocana). Limestone, h. 55'9". Sullivan 6.9
A Bodhisattva and Ananda. Limestone, h. 35' and 43'5".
Guardians of north wall. Limestone, h. 34'6" and 32'.
Mogao Caves, Dunhuang, Gansu.
Seated Buddha, Cave 390.
Paradise scene, Cave 172. Sullivan 6.13
Paradise scene, Cave 220. c. 642.
Pilgrims and travelers in a landscape, cave 217. Sullivan 6.17.
The paradise of Amitabha. Details from the wall painting in Kondo, Horyuji, Nara, Japan. Early
eighth century. Sullivan 6.15
Imperial Tombs
Tumulus and processional way of the tomb of emperor Gaozong (d. 683). Qianling spirit path.
Qianxian County, Shaanxi. Sullivan 6.2.
Murals in the tombs of Imperial Relatives near Xi’an, Shaanxi, ca. 706. Buried in the vicinity of
the tomb of Tang Gaozong (d. 683) and Empress Wu Zetian (d. 705).
Hunting scene, wall painting, Tomb of Prince Zhuanghuai. c. 706-711. Qianling, Shaanxi.
Tang Officials and foreign emissary. Wall painting. Tomb of Prince Zhanghuai.
Landscape, wall painting, Tomb of Li Chongrun, Prince Yide (682-701, reburied ca. 706).
Qianling, Shaanxi. Sullivan 6.23
Female Attendants. Tomb of Princess Yongtai (reburied ca. 706). Sullivan 6-19.
Secular Art
Att. to Yen Liben (d.673), Thirteen Emperors. 7th c. Handscroll, ink and color on silk, 20" x
17'5". Boston Museum of Art. Sullivan 6.18
Att. To Zhou Fang, Ladies with Flowers in their Hair. Late 8th-early 9th century (10th century
copy). Ink and color on silk, 18 x 69". Liaoning Museum.
Att. to Zhan Zhiqian, Spring Outing. Sui, early 7th c. (later copy?) Handscroll, ink and color on
silk, 17 x 31 3/4". Palace Museum, Beijing.
Att. to Han Gan (active ca. 742-756), Night-Shining White. 8th c. handscroll, ink and light
color on paper, 13 7/8" x 12 1/8". Metropolitan Museum of Art. Sullivan 6.21
Reading: Chapter 6.
FIVE DYNASTIES PERIOD (907-960)
Court Cultures
Att. to Gu Hongzhong (active 943-60), Night Revels of Han Xizai, (Song, 12th c. copy of
Southern Tang composition)), handscroll, ink and color on silk, 11 1/4" x 11'1". Palace
Museum, Beijing. Sullivan 7-13
Att. to Huang Jucai (933-993) Pheasant and Sparrows amid Rocks and Shurbs, hanging scroll,
ink and color on silk, H. 3’3”, National Palace Museum, Taipei. Sullivan7.26
Constructing Landscapes
Li Cheng (919-967, lived in Kaifeng), Buddhist Temple Amid Clearing Mountain
Peaks,
Nelson Gallery-Atkins Museum, Kansas City.
Dong Yuan (d. 962) Scenery along the Xiao and Xiang Rivers, Palace Museum, Beijing.
Handscroll, H. 20”. Sullivan 7.21
SONG DYNASTY:
NORTHERN SONG PERIOD (960-1127)
Landscapes:
Fan Kuan (act. 990-1030). Traveling Among Mountains and Streams, hanging scroll, ink and
color on silk; 6'7 1/4" x 40 1/4". National Palace Museum, Taipei. Sullivan 7.17
Guo Xi (after 1000-ca. 1090, author of Linquan gaozhi). Early Spring, signed and dated 1072,
hanging scroll, ink and color on silk; 62 1/4" x 42 5/8". National Palace Museum,
Taipei. Sullivan 7.16
Att. to Zhao Boju (active 1120s). Autumn Colors Along Rivers and Mountains. Southern Song,
Handscroll, ink and colors on silk, 22" x 10'6". Palace Museum, Beijing. Sullivan 7.19
Art on Everyday Life
Zhang Zeduan (active early 12th c.) Spring Festival Along the River. Handscroll, ink and
colors on silk, 9 3/4" x 17'4". Palace Museum, Beijing. 8-20
Li Song (active c. 1190-c.1230), Knick-knack Peddler. 1210. Fan mounted as album leaf,
ink and light colors on silk; 10 1/8" x 10 7/8". National Palace Museum, Taipei.
Imperial Painting Academy
The Huizong Emperor (1082-1135), reigned 1101-1125, and Painting Academy
Birds in a Wax Bush, National Palace Museum Taipei
Pheasant on a Flowering Shrub (The Five Virtues), Palace Museum, Beijing.
Five-Colored Parakeet, Boston Museum. Sullivan 7.25
Ladies Preparing Newly Woven Silk (Zhang Xuan, act. first half of eighth century), copy
attributed to the Emperor Huizong, Boston Museum of Fine Arts. Sullivan 6.20
Archaic "slender gold" calligraphy
Reading: Chapter 7
Study Guide 5
SOUTHERN SONG PERIOD (1127-1279)
Att. to Li Tang (ca. 1050-1130), Whispering Pines in the Mountains, dated 1124.
N.P.M.,
Taipei.
Myriad Trees on Strange Peaks, Fan-shaped album leaf. N.P.M., Sullivan 7.27
Ma Yuan (c.1190-1225), On a Mountain Path in Spring, inscribed couplet by Emperor
Ninzong (1164-1224), Southern Song. Album leaf, ink and color on silk; 10 3/4" x 17".
National Palace Museum, Taipei. Sullivan 7.30
Apricot Blossoms. Southern Song. Inscribed couplet by Empress Yang (Yang
Meizi,
1162-1232). Fan mounted as an album leaf, ink and color on silk, 10 x 10 3/4". National
Palace Museum, Taipei.
Xia Gui (active first half 13th c.), Pure and Remote View over Rivers and Mountains. N.P.M.
Sullivan 7.29
Landscape with Rainstorm, Boston Museum of Fine Arts.
Ma Lin, Listening to the Wind in the Pines, dated 1246, hanging scroll, inscription and seal of
emperor Lizong.
Literati Art
Wen Tong (d. 1079), Bamboo, album leaf, N.P.M. Taipei.
Su Shi (1036-1101), Bare Tree, Bamboo and Rocks. Handscroll, Ink on paper, H. 10”.
Sullivan 7.22
Mi Fu (1052-1107), Calligraphy in running script. c. 1101. Album leaf, ink on paper; 10 ½"
x 18". Palace Museum, Beijing. Sullivan 7.23
Mi Youren, Misty landscape, dated. Osaka Municipal Museum of Art. .H. 10”. Sullivan 7.24
Att. to. Li Gonglin (1049-1106), Horses and Grooms, handscroll, ink on paper, H. 1’.
Sullivan 7.14
Buddhist Art and Chan Painting of the Late Song
Dazu Grottos, Baodingshan, Sichuan. Southern Song, 1179-1249. Stone carving. 7.10
Guanyin, Bodhisattva Avalokitesvara. Southern Song, 12th-13th c. Wood and color; h. 7'9".
The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City. 7.9
Luohan. Liao, 10th c. Earthenware with three-color glaze, h. 30". The Metropolitan
Museum of Art, New York. 7.8.
Liu Songnian (b. ca. 1150, d. after 1225).Arhat, signed and dated 1207, N.P.M.
Liang Kai (active early 13th century) Sakyamuni Emerging from the Mountains, 1204.
Hanging scroll, ink and colors on silk’ 47" x 20". Tokyo National Museum. 7.31
Sixth Chan Patriarch Chopping Bamboo, 13th c. Hanging scroll, ink on paper;
28 3/4" x 12 ½". Tokyo National Museum. 7.32
The Poet Li Bo Chanting a Poem.
Muqi (mid-13th c.), The White Robed Guanyin, Gibbon, and Crane, 13th c. Set of three
hanging scrolls, ink and colors on silk; each 5'7" x 38 7/8". Daitokuji, Kyoto. 7.33
Evening Glow on a Fishing Village, one of the Eight Views of the Xiao and Xiang
Rivers, handscroll, ink on paper. Nezu Art Museum, Tokyo.
Chen Rong (active 1235-1260), The Nine Dragons. Handcroll, ink on paper, Museum of Fine
Art, Boston, 7.34
Art Technology and Economies
Ceramics:
Ding ware, Pillow in the shape of a recumbent child. Porcellaneous stoneware with white glaze
over carved and incised decoration. H. 7 3/8". N.P.M 7.35
Ru ware, Bottle with copper bound rim. H. 11”. 7.35
Guan ware, Tripod incense burner. Southern Song, 13th c. Stoneware with soft blue crackled
glaze, h. 5". 7.45
Yaozhou ware, Water pot. Stoneware with olive-green glaze over incised, carved, and applied
decoration; h. 7 ½".
Jun ware, Jar, h. 5”. Victoria and Albert Museum, London. 7.38
Cizhou ware, Meiping Vase. 12th c. Stoneware covered with white and black slip under
transparent glaze; h. 19 3/8". 7.41
Jian ware, Tea bowl. Southern Song, 12th-13th c. Stoneware covered with black “hare’s fur”
glaze, h. 5” . 7.44
Longquan ware, Celadons, Kinuta-type vase, 7.46
Blue and White ware (Qinghua), Motuary, 7.47
Reading: Chapter 7.
Study Guide 6
YUAN DYNASTY (1279-1368)
Literati Painting of Yuan
Qian Xuan (c.1235-after 1301), The Calligrapher Wang Xizhi Watching Geese. 8.5
Zhao Mengfu (1254-1322),
Autumn Colors on the Qiao and Hua Mountains, 1296, N.P.M. 8.11
Sheep and Goat
Bamboo, Rock, and Orchids
Huang Gongwang (1269-1354), Dwelling in the Fuchun Mountains, dated 1347-1350.
hand scroll, ink on paper; 12 7/8" x 20'9". National Palace Museum, Taipei. 8.12
Wu Zhen (1280-ca. 1354), The Central Mountain, 1336, hand scroll, H. 10”
Bamboo, 1350. 8.16
Anon. Portrait of Ni Zan. c. 1340. hand scroll, ink and color on paper.
Ni Zan (1301-1374), The Rongxi Studio, 1372. Hanging scroll, ink on paper, N.P.M. 8.13
Trees in the River Valley at Yushan, 1371.
Wang Meng (c. 1309-1385), Dwelling in the Reclusion Qing Bian Mountains, 1366. ink on paper,
hanging scroll, ink on paper; 55 1/2" x 16 5/8". Shanghai Museum.
Attributed to. Thatched Hall on Mountain Tai. Hanging scroll, H. 3’8”. NPM. 8.14
Tang Di (1296-1340), Fishman Returning through a Wintry Forest, ca. 1338. ink and
on paper, H. 4’10”. NPM. 8.15
color
Reading: Chapter 8
MING DYNASTY (1368-1644)
Architecture
Forbidden City, Beijing, Ming and early Qing period, 9.1;
The Summer Palace, Beijing, completed in 1883.
The Moonlight and Breeze Pavilion in the Garden of the Master of the Fishing Net, Suzhou,
Jiangsu. Ming dynasty, rebuilt in 1770. 9.3, 9.4
Early and Middle Ming Painting (1368-1580)
The Court "Academy" and the Zhe School
Anon. Portrait of the Ming Yongle Emperor. 15th c. Hanging scroll, ink and colors on silk; H.
7'4". National Palace Museum, Taipei. 10-22
Bian Wenjin (active early 15th cent.) The Three Friends and Hundred Birds, did. 1413. N.P.M.
Two Cranes and Bamboo. Peking Palace Museum.
Dai Jin (1388-1452). The Hermit Xi Yu Resting by a Stream. Cleveland Museum
Fishmen, handscroll. Ink and slight color on paper, H. 1’6”. Freer Gallery. 9.10
Wu Wei (1459-1508). Little Slave Li. 1503. Hanging scroll, ink on paper; 46 7/8 x 25 ½".
Palace Museum, Beijing.
Zhang Lu (c. 1464-1538), Laozi Riding on a Water Buffalo. Hanging scroll, ink and color on
paper, H. 3’10”. NPM. 9.11
Xie Huan (active 1426-52). Literary Gathering in the Apricot Garden. Dated 1437. Handscroll,
ink and colors on silk; 14 ½" x 7'8". The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Du Qiong (1397-1474). Befriending the Pines. handscroll, ink and colors on paper; 11 ½" x 36
3/8". Palace Museum, Beijing. .
Lü Ji (active ca. 1490-1510), Pair of Wild Geese on a Snowy Bank. 9.8
Lin Liang (active ca. 1460-1500), Phoenix. Shokokuji, Kyoto.
Reeds and Geese by a Mountain Stream. British Museum.
The Wu School
Shen Zhou (1427-1509), Poet on a Mountain Top, from Landscape Album: Five leaves by Shen
Zhou, one leaf by Wen Zhengming. Ink on paper; 15 1/4 x 23 3/4".
Returning Home from the Land of the Immortals, Album leaf, ink on paper, H. 1’4”.
Nelson Gal., K.C. 9.13
Walking with a Staff, Manner of Ni Zan.
Lofty Lu" Mountain, in the Manner of Wang Meng. Dtd. 1467.
Towering Mountains Above a Retreat, 1470.
Landscape in the Style of Ni Zan, 1484, Nelson Gal., K.C. 9.12
Wen Zhengming (1470-1559), Pine Trees and Water Fall. 1527-31. Hanging scroll, ink and
color on paper; 42 ½" x 14 7/8". National Palace Museum, Taipei.
A Thousand Cliffs Contend in Splendor, 1548-50.
Lofty Leisure beneath a Sheer Cliff. 1519, hanging scroll, NPM. 9.14
Cypress and Rock, 1550, hand scroll, ink on paper. H. 10”. Nelson Gal., K.C. 9.15
Professional and "Cultured Professional" Masters in Nanjing, Suzhou, and Elsewhere
Du Jin (active c. 1465-c. 1509), Enjoying Antiques, hanging scroll, ink and colors on silk; 49
5/8" x 6'1". N.P.M.
Zhou Chen (c. 1450-1535), Beggars and Street Characters, 1516. hand scroll, ink and colors on
paper; 12 ½"x 8'. Cleveland Museum.
Dreaming of Immortality in a Thatched Hut, Freer Gallery.
Tang Yin (1470-1523), Taoku Presenting a Poem, c. 1515. Hanging scroll, ink and color silk;
5'5½" x 40 1/4". N.P.M.
Gentleman Playing the Lute in a Landscape. ca. 1516. hand scroll, ink and color on paper.
H. 11”,. NPM. 9.16.
Trilling Bird on a Branch, Shanghai Museum
Qiu Ying (c. 1495-1552), Saying Farewell at Xunyang, hand scroll, ink and color on paper,
Nelson Gal., K.C. 9.17.
Spring Morning in the Han Palace. c. 1450. hand scroll, ink and colors on silk; 12" x 18'
10 3/8". N.P.M.
The Lute Song, Nelson Gallery.
Xu Wei (1521-1593). Flowers and Other Plants. hand scroll, ink on paper; 12" x 34'3". Nanjing
Museum.