ARTS 105 1st Edition Lecture 19 Outline of Lecture 18Islamic art of IndiaI. General MosqueII. Great Mosque of DengaeIII. Quwwat al-Islam IV. Qutub MinarV. Akbar-nama VI. Jahangir EnthronedVII. Jahangir and Shah AbbasVIII. Taj MahalIX.Outline of Lecture 19ChinaSong DynastyI. Fan KuanII. Su DingoAfter Mongol invasionIII. Ni Zan IV. Shen ZhouCurrent LectureChinaChinese use 4000-5000 charactersCalligraphy is considered the basis painting due to same flekible writing brushConsidered higher than painting in much of Chinese history, display a person's education, also thought to reveal a person's characterSong Dynastyi. Considered one of the golden ages, militarily was weak though and was conquered by the MongolsV. Fan Kuana. Travelers Amid Mountains and Streams, ink on silk, Song Dynastyi. 6ft high, monumental in china at the timeii. Nature was considered the ideal (in Europe it was the human form)iii. Tiny ants-sized people, small temple structure (all bottom right)iv. Very realistic (relative to Chinese art)These notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor’s lecture. GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes, not as a substitute.v. Attention to detail of textureNeo confusions = natural and human worlds are interconnected and nature expresses a moral ordersVI. Su Dingoa. Rock and old tree, ink on paper, Song dynastyi. Lighter, quick strokesii. Less deliberate strokesb. Less substantial, looking through the subject, ghost of the subjectProfessional painter = paint on silk, highly trainedLiterati painter = a scholar-official who engages in artistic activity in his free time and does not sell his work, ink on paper"Blandness" (pingtan) = the ideal quality of literati painting, shows maturity because they don't need to draw attention to themselvesAfter Mongol invasion:*government officials who were kicked out just go home and paint, blossoming of literati artVII. Ni Zan a. The Rongxi Studio, ink on paperi. Inscription on top, very common, calligraphy is often considered a higher artii. Stamps are from all its owners, considered part of the artiii. Uses in sparingly ("as if it was gold")Colophon = inscription of a work of artVIII. Shen Zhou (pronounced Joe)a. Poet on the Mountain, (1500) Ming Dynasty, ink and color on paperi. Thick heavy stokesii. Shows a man on a cliff seemingly contemplating the poem written in front ofhimiii. Poem brings the idea of conmmuning with nature iv. As a proper "gentleman"/scholar you would be versed in all the artsb. Landscape in the style of Ni Zan, Ming Dynastyi. Bolder, more detailed, more substanceii. Has a sense of depth and
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