Exam 3 Chinese Art

Question 1

Answer 1

Colossal Buddha, Cave 20, Yungang (Cloud Hill), Shanxi,

late 5th century CE.

Stone.

Shakyamuni (Historical Buddha)

Maitreya (Buddha of the Future)

Question 2

Answer 2

Tomb Model of a House

China

1st century CE

Earthenware with unfired pigments

Importance of ancestors (confusianism)

Question 3

Answer 3

Big Wild Goose Pagoda

Xi’an, China

652 and 704

Idea of house and mountain

similar to stupa

Question 4

Answer 4

Buddha, probably Amitabha

early 7th century

China

Dry lacquer with traces of gilt and pigment

leans forward; reaching out, devotee freindly

Pureland Buddha, say name at death

Question 5

Answer 5

Guanyin in the Position of Royal Ease

907-1234

China

Wood with multiple layers of paint

Guide to nirvana, individualistic

Devine being, androgynous

Ornate, crown, dressed as indian prince

Sense of complexity, Chinese

Question 6

Answer 6

Lian Kai

Hui Neng, the Sixth Chan Patriarch, Chopping Bamboo at the Moment of Enlightenment,

c. 1200.

Hanging Scroll

Ink on paper

Question 7

Answer 7

Fan Kuan

Travelers amid Mountains and Streams

c. 990-1030

Hanging scroll. Ink on silk

Question 8

Consider: Balance, Repetition, Variety, Asymetry

Answer 8

Mu Qi

Six Persimmons

after 1279

Ink on paper

Question 9

Confucianism

Answer 9

Confucius (c. 551-479 BCE)

• Self-discipline
• Homage to ancestors, who had access to the wisdom of the gods, and to family
• This creates perfect harmony or li
• Ideal: educated, broadminded, loyal, respectful, just with good etiquette
• Respect for authority
• PUBLIC LIFE

Question 10

Daoism

Answer 10

“A Way” Teachings of Lao Zi (born c. 604 BCE)

• Dao is embedded in nature
• Dao is like water: flexible, yielding, yet it can wear down a rock
• Flow of life
• One must unlearn
• Release one’s ego
• Dao may be nothing, but that is essential

PRIVATE LIFE

Question 11

Chan (Zen) Buddhism stresses:

Answer 11

• Spure of the moment enlightenment

Balance, repetition, variety, silence

Meditation

• Harmony with nature
• Buddha is a spirit that lives in everyone’s heart
• Oneness with dao (the way) and the Confucian li (innate structure of nature)

Question 12

XIE HE and the Meaning of the QI

Qi (daoism, embedded in nature)

Answer 12

XIE HE and the Meaning of the QI
• Sympathetic responsiveness to the qi

interpreted to mean: breath, spirit, resonance, rhythm, and character

• The qi is manifested in the artist’s body movements, especially the motions of his brushwork
• Personal character and spontaneity

Art and artist unit

Question 13

Answer 13

Fang Congyi

Cloudy Mountains

second half of 14th century

Handscroll: private, individual

ink and color on paper

Question 14

Buddha dyin lying on side guardian at feet

Answer 14

Buddha entering Nirvana

Rock-cut stone carving

Anyue, China.

734 CE

Question 15

Tomb Model of a House

Colossal Buddha

Buddha, probably Amitabha

Cloudy Mountains

Answer 15

1st Century

5th Century

7th Century

14th Century

Question 16

Big Wild Goose Pagoda

Buddha Entering Nirvana

Guayin in the Position f Royal Ease

Answer 16

652 - 704 CE

734 CE

902 - 1234 CE

Question 17

Travelers amid Mountains and Streams

Hui Neng, the Sixth Chan Patriarch, Chopping Bamboo at the Moment of Enlightenment

Six Persimmons

Answer 17

990 - 1030 CE

1200 CE

1279 CE