art history final names and dates

Question 1

Gu Kaizhi

Answer 1

Admonitions of the Court Instructress, 4th century

Question 2

Wang Xizhi

Answer 2

Preface to the Orchid Pavilion Gathering, 4th century

Question 3

Li Sixun

Answer 3

River Boats and Pavilions, 8th century

Question 4

Li Zhaodao

Answer 4

Emperor Minghuang’s Flight to Shu, 8th century

Question 5

Jing Hao

Answer 5

Mount Kuanglu, 9th-10th century

Question 6

Fan Kuan

Answer 6

Travelers Among Mountains and Streams (10th-11th century)

Question 7

Guo Xi

Answer 7

Early Spring, 1072

Question 8

Mi Fu

Answer 8

Strange Views of Xio and Xiang 11th century

Question 9

Yan Liben

Answer 9

The Thirteen Emperors , 646

Question 10

Ma Yuan

Answer 10

Subtle Breezes Over Lake Dongting (image of just water)
Stepping and Singing in the Fields
12th-13th century

Question 11

Xia Gui

Answer 11

Clear and Distant Views of Streams and Mountains, 12-13th century

Question 12

Su Shi

Answer 12

Withered Tree and Strange Rock, 11th century On PAPER

Question 13

Gong Kai

Answer 13

Emaciated Horse
Zhong Kui and his Sister Traveling
13th-14th century
both on paper

Question 14

Zhao Mengfu

Answer 14

Twin Pines, Level Distance
Autumn Colours on the Qiao and Hua Mountains
13-14th centuries

both on paper

Question 15

Wang Fu

Answer 15

Sunset at Golden Tower, 8 Views of Beijing, 1414

Question 16

Zhu Zhanji (Xuande Emperor)

Answer 16

Two Salukis, 1427

Question 17

Chenghua Emperor

Answer 17

Harmony in One, 1465

Question 18

Dai Jin

Answer 18

Looking Three Times at the Tatched Hut 14th-15th centuries

Question 19

Anonymous

Answer 19

Amuements in the Xuande Emperor’s Palace

Question 20

Dong Xiwen

Answer 20

The Founding Ceremony of the Nation, 1953

Question 21

Li Keran

Answer 21

The West Lake in Rain, 1954

Question 22

Huang Rui

Answer 22

Space 85-15, 1985

Question 23

Zhang Hongtu

Answer 23

The Last Banquet, 1989
Guo Xi - Van Gogh, 1998
Liptsick Mao, 1994

Question 24

Sendada

Answer 24

The Dead Sun: A Pile of Burned Coal Cakes with Hive Holes, 1985

Question 25

Lin Fengmian

Answer 25

Lady in Blue, 1979 on paper

Question 26

Xu Beihong

Answer 26

Galloping Horses
Painting Tianheng’s Five Hundred Heroes, 1930

Question 27

Fujishima Takeji

Answer 27

Sunrise over the Eastern Sea (1932)

Question 28

Chen Baiyi

Answer 28

Portrait of Guan Zilan, 1933

Question 29

Guan Zilan

Answer 29

Portrait of Miss L, 1929

Question 30

Qi Baishi

Answer 30

Ink wash shrimps, 20th century

Question 31

Wang Yuanqi

Answer 31

Wangchuan Villa, 1711

Question 32

Giuseppe Castiglione

Answer 32

Emperor Qianlong on the Horseback, 18th century

Question 33

Chen Hongshou

Answer 33

Self Portrait: The Artist Inebriated, 1627

Question 34

Xiang Shengmo

Answer 34

Self Portrait in Red Landscape, 1627 on paper

Question 35

Dong Qichang

Answer 35

Eight Views of Yan and Wu, 1596

Question 36

Shitao

Answer 36

Paintings (8 Leaf Album) ,1694
Man in the Mountain, 1690s on paper
Searching to the Utmost for Wonderful Peaks in Order to Make Draft Sketches

Question 37

Luo Ping

Answer 37

Ghost Amusement, 1766 on paper
Portrait of Mr. Bamboo Hat
Hanshan and Shide

Question 38

Jin Nong

Answer 38

Plum Blossoms, 1757, on paper

Question 39

Zhang Xiaogang

Answer 39

Big Family no 1 1996

Question 40

Fang Lijun

Answer 40

Yawning 1992

Question 41

Song Dong

Answer 41

Stamping the Water 1996

Question 42

Wu School vs Songjiang/Orthodox School vs Eccentrics

Answer 42

Wu School
-early ming, 15th century,
-time of cultural flourishing emphasizing personal expression/connection to nature, arts are valued
-reflect literati ideals by prioritizing self expression over technical perfection, but still wanted to establish a sense of real world places
-soft, delicate brushwork and balanced composition, avoids excessive detail
-painting as a historical act

Songjiang/Orthodox School
-later ming, 16th-17thc
-period of political instability
-spearheaded by Dong Qichang, who wanted to preserve traditions of classical chinese painting
-progenitor of orthodox school
-highly structured composition with assertive brushwork, balanced simple composition
-reinterpretation of historical models of painting, drawing inspiration from the masters of Yuan dynasty
-focus on expression and reinterpretation over fidelity created uniquely distorted landscapes

Eccentrics/Shitao
-Ming-Qing transitional period of the late 17th century
-Shitao rejected orthodox and southern schools instead favoring intuitive and emotional responses to guide the work
-dynaic and uncomventional, using bold and expressive brushstrokes; spontaneous, frantic
-wanted to capture immediacy of feeling
-revolutionary approach
-one or no method

wu school - meditative and harmonious, soft flowing strokes, literati ideals

dong qichang- abstracting and organized into scholarly framework, deliberate and structured brushwork, intellectual engagement,

shitao - deeply personal and immediate, unique, bold dynamic brushwork, artist’s subjective experience

Question 43

Li Hongzhang

Answer 43

Self strengthing movement; advocated for adoption of western tech

Question 44

Liang Qichao

Answer 44

self strengthening movement - advocated for systemic changes including constitutional monarchy and democratic reforms

Question 45

Sun Yat-sen

Answer 45

Lead xinhai revolution in 1911, overthrew qing dynasty and established republic of china

Question 46

self strengthening movement

Answer 46

period of reform in china from 1861 to 1895

Question 47

Zhou Dunyi

Answer 47

neo confucianist who used daoist framework to establish ethical philosophy

Question 48

Zhu Xi

Answer 48

neo confucianist who promoted investigation of things