ARTS 105 1st Edition Lecture 20 Outline of Lecture 19 China Song Dynasty I Fan Kuan II Su Dingo After Mongol invasion III Ni Zan IV Shen Zhou Outline of Lecture 20 I II Yin Hong Forbidden City III Ceramics Qing Dynasty IV Shitao V Lang Shining Guiseppe Castiglione Opium Wars and the fall of Dynastic China VI Ren Xiong Current Lecture VII Yin Hong a Hundreds of birds admiring the peacock Ming Dynasty ink and color on silk professional i Shows a study of the details of birds and flowers ii Imperial symbolism peacock symbolizes emperor other birds are the governors etc iii Still keeps trees water etc done in monochrome kept simple VIII Forbidden City Ming Dynasty i Home of the emperor his wives and consorts his children staffed by eunuchs castrated males so that his wives would not chase after them ii Oriented from North to South feng shui iii Emperor should be facing the south iv World s largest surviving royal compound b Tienanmen Gate site of student riot c Hall of Supreme Harmony smaller than one might expect 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 i Buildings remain shorter because Chinese do not fully develop the arch post and lintel system ii Red is lucky mourning color is white d Marble Carving largest intact slab of marvel in the world i Dragon is very powerful influential creature ii Only the emperor can use the 5 clawed dragon iii Gardens pavilions circular doorways Ceramics o Earthenware fired at 1000 degrees C not water tight must be glazed to hold liquids o Stoneware fired at 1250 silica clay melts to form stone like surface doesn t need to be glazed to hold liquid o Porcelain made from fine hard white clay called kaolin fired at 1400C with another type of fine clay that vitrifies melts to form extremely hard white body IX Ru Ware Celadon Stoneware Song Dynasty i Made for the imperial family only ii Made to resemble jade believed to have life benefiting properties iii Very simple subtle shape iv Crackle hot glaze reacts with cool air and cracks X Ding Ware Stoneware Song Dynasty i Simple bowl monochrome glaze incised with lotus design XI Porcelain Vase Ming Dynasty i China was the only country in the world who knew how to make porcelain for about a millennium XII Blue and White Porcelain Vase Ming Dynasty i Blue is from cobalt one of the only colors that can withstand the high temperatures needed for porcelain ii Three toed dragon Qing Dynasty Introduced the queue hairstyle long single braid most of head shaved Overglaze enamel porcelains Piece is fired then painted with enamel glaze and fired again at a lower temperature XIII Shitao a Landscape Qing Dynasty ink and color on paper literati i Black and peach ink to show texture and depth ii Shitao was part of the Ming imperial family XIV Lang Shining Guiseppe Castiglione a One Hundred Horses in a Landscape Qing Dynasty i Jesuits would learn about Chinese culture before trying to convert ii Introduced a fused style of painting iii Patronized by the emperor Opium Wars and the fall of Dynastic China o Britain had massive trade deficit with china so they grew opium in their Asian colonies o It is estimated that 25 of Chinese population was addicted to opium o Chinese attempts to through British and their opium out o Chinese lose and western powers begin to carve out protectorates o Opium wars led to Taiping Rebellion charismatic Chinese leader attempts to over throw the Qing and expel foreigners XV Ren Xiong a Self Portrait Qing Dynasty i Sought to revive Chinese painting by incorporating western elements
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