Name: Due Date: Homework C: China Please read Chapter 4 or your textbook which focuses on the art, architecture, history, and religions of China. The chapter begins in the Neolithic period ca. 7000 and continues into the modern day. That s 9000 years of art!!! It is a lot, so be sure to work on this one in sections, taking breaks in between to assimilate the information. Part 1: Introduction; Neolithic to the Zhou Dynasty (Neolithic and Ancient Period) 1. What was the name of the first imperial dynasty in China that gives us the word China? 2. T F China is the only modern country to have its early culture survive in part to modern times. 3. T F Chinese art and culture has changed very little over the years. 4. T F The Chinese believe that the deceased ancestor have a posthumous (after death), spiritual form of existence that gives them access to the gods. 5. Master Kong is known in the west as. He taught that perfect harmony (LI) and order in society could be regained by: a. b. c. 6. Daoism, or, was used to guide people in their spiritual life. Daoism seeks to unify the inward-spiritual and outer-society harmonies. 7. What religion arrived in China from India around the first century? 8. is the character or spirit of a painting. (I tend to think of this as a life source; it is an energy that seems to pass from the artist into his/her creation). 9. T F Chinese artists throughout the ages have respected the dao, li, and qi, and this respect has shaped the ideals (content) of Chinese art.
10. T F Neolithic (New Stone Age) works in China were made from ceramic and jade. 11. Much of our information about early Chinese art comes from royal tombs, because the cities have been destroyed. What type of media have been found in these tombs? 12. The is a vessel with three feet for cooking. They were made of bronze in the Shang dynasty. 13. What forms when bronze vessels are buried, and the bronze interacts with the minerals in the soil? Part 2: The Imperial Period 14. The Great Wall of China was built to keep out invaders from. 15. The tomb of the Emperor Qin was marked by a mound over feet high. 16. Although considered the stuff of legend, archaeologists have unearthed over lifesize terra cotta soldiers, chariots (some inlaid with gold and silver), and a small group of elite special forces. 17. T F This terracotta army was produced with prefab parts. 18. T F The individual faces indicate several diverse ethnic types made up the imperial forces. 19. The intellectuals revived the pre-quin teachings of Confucianism and Daoism. 20. What may have been the function of the flying banner of the Lady of Dai? 21. Where are the realms of the earth and sky united in Chinese thought?
Go ahead and skip The Period of Disunity: Six Dynasties. The only important thing from this section is as follows. Buddhism in China borrowed ideas from Daoism to communicate with the Chinese. Start reading again on the bottom of page 118: Painting and Calligraphy. 22. T F The importance attached to writing and the exchange of personal correspondence among the literary elite in the Chinese courts eventually made calligraphy the most important and widely practiced art form in China. 23. Briefly describe the scene in Figure 4.17. 24. T F By the Song period, China developed a commercial market for art that was increasingly independent of the imperial and regional courts. 25. T F The artists of the Song period celebrated nature, which they saw as a map of an unchanging moral order. 26. T F The taste for simplicity was only seen in paintings; ceramics continued to use the bright colors and complex shapes of earlier times. 27. What type of Buddhism was associated with these Song artists who chose to live austere lives closer to nature? 28. What is the title of one of the best known of all Chinese paintings? (See Fig. 4.20). Hint: Look at this image closely because it is on Quiz C. 29. Describe the literati and what they value. 30. What was Hui Neng doing at the moment he attained Enlightenment?
31. Draw the bottle vase in Figure 4.24. Go ahead and skip the Yuan Dynasty (1279-1368) section. The only important thing to know about this section is as follows. The Yuan Dynasty is the name given to the Mongol rulers of China. The first Yuan leader ws Genghis Khan. He and his successors, esp. Khubilai Khan, overran China, and imported large quantities of foreign goods from the Silk Road. 32. What is the name of the large construction project that was begun in the Ming Dynasty over the ruins of Khubilai Khan s capital? 33. What type of art was produced for the markets on a massive scale during the Ming period? 34. What color scheme is seen on these wares, and continues to be an important aspect of Chinese art to this day? (Hint: We talked about this in the Islamic unit.) 35. What is lacquer? (Go ahead and skip Ming painting. You will not be tested on any Ming paintings.) 36. T F The Qing dynasty was headed by non-chinese. They were foreigners from the north called the Manchurians. 37. T F Most of the art produced during the Qing was for wealthy patrons.
38. List 3 interesting facts you learned about the Imperial Palace in Beijing. 39. T F Chinese gardens encourage the viewer to walk inside of the garden and become a part of the environment and its qi. 40. What new group of artists (painters to be more specific) arose in the Qing period? 41. How is nature depicted in this new style of painting? 42. T F Contacts between China and the west started in the 18 th century and intensified in the 19 th. This resulted in artworks that are transnational or pluralistic. Part 3: Modern China 43. T F The Boxer Rebellion eventually overthrew the Qing dynasty in 1911. 44. T F Any openness to western thinking was stifled by civil war, WWII, and the establishment of the People s Republic of China (the communist government that still rules today.) 45. T F Enormous efforts were made to destroy and hide the long history of Chinese art during the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution under the rule of Mao Zedong (Chairman Mao). Thousands of buildings and artworks were destroyed. 46. T F After the death of Mao in 1976 artists continued to work in the Social-Realist style. Mao successfully stifled creativity in China.