Final Images Flashcards
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- Attr. Wang Xizhi
- ink rubbing of the Preface to the Orchid Pavilion Gathering
- Original dated 353
- It was composed with friends at the Orchid Pavilion.
- One of the best known and copied calligraphy pieces in Chinese history.
- Expresses his running script style (semi-cursive script), which was used more for self - expression.
- rubbing now in National Palace Museum, Taipei.
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- Attr. Wang Xizhi
- Letters about Presenting Oranges
- About presenting oranges
- Running script is used - more expressive
- No originals left but there are copies.
- 7th-century tracing copy of a late 4th-century original
- ink on paper
- National Palace Museum,Taipei.
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- Attr. Gu Kaizhi
- The last two scenes from the Admonitions Scroll
- Handscroll
- Ink and color on silk
- A 10 th-cent. copy of a late 4 th-century original
- Also known as The Admonitions of the Instructress to the Court Ladies
- It was a poem with painted scenes to go with which were meant to express how a lady was to behave
- There are 9 scenes but it was believed that there were originally 12.
- The final scene is of the Instructress writing her admonitions.
- British Museum, London. Lee fig. 368.
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- Attr.Yan Liben
- Emperors Feidi and Wendi
- From the Scroll of the Emperors
- Handscroll
- Ink and color on silk
- 11 th-century copy of a 7 th-century original
- It was made for political leaders
- Looks at Chinese history in a moralistic perspective and was intended to teach political leaders or men morals.
- Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Lee fig. 380.
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- Attr. Zhou Fang
- Court Ladies Wearing Flowers in Their Hair
- Handscroll
- Ink and color on silk
- 10 th-century copy of an early 9 th-century original
- These were possibly made for men as the female are represented with more sex appeal.
- They are not exact portraits - instead they are character types.
- She’s wearing a transparent garment and silk dress. Women are well-fed which was the fashion at the time.
- No interactions with one another.
- Expresses the beauty of the palace but its loniness.
- Women on display for viewers pleasure.
- Liaoning Museum. Lee color plate 26.
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- Attr. Gu Hongzhong
- The Night Revels of Han Xizai
- Handscroll
- Ink and color on silk
- 12 th-century copy of a 10 th-century original
- Piece includes men enjoying themselves with food and entertainment
- Deep space but a flat surface.
- Palace Museum, Beijing. Lee fig. 457 & book cover.
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- Attr.Dong Yuan
- Summer Mountains
- Handscroll
- Ink and color on silk
- ca. 950
- Southern Style - it is more rounded and soft. Also artist uses more ink wash.
- Horizontal format
- Vantage point is different from northern - it is like God looking into a world.
- Shanghai Museum. Similar to Lee fig. 459.
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- Attr. Li Cheng
- A Solitary Temple amid Clearing Peaks
- Hanging scroll
- Ink on silk
- ca. 960
- This is an example of Northern Style - rugid and jagid rocks with darker wash
- Painting is broken up into 3 parts - foreground, middle ground, and background.
- Each part of painting separated by mist
- Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City. Lee fig. 463.
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- Fan Kuan
- Travelers amid Mountains and Streams
- Hanging scroll
- Ink on silk
- ca.1000
- This piece was dated and signed by the painter
- Alot of ink washes
- Rocks have rough edges but the texture is similar to southern tradition
- National Palace Museum, Taipei. Lee fig. 461.
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- Guo Xi
- Early Spring
- Hanging scroll
- Ink on silk
- 1072
- Signed and dated by artist
- Landscape shows you the changes of seasons - from winter to spring.
- Follows Norther School format
- Rocks grow and grow from foreground to middle ground then keeps growing to larger peaks in background.
- Peaks put together in a dynamic way
- National Palace Museum,Taipei. Leefig. 464.
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- Wen Tong
- Bamboo
- Hanging scroll
- Ink on silk
- ca. 1070
- Meant to be a self painting. The artist Su Shi commented on his Bamboo painting stating that when painting the painter’s body was transformed into the bamboo.
- National Palace Museum. Lee fig. 482.
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- Emperor Huizong
- Five-Colored Parakeet on the Branch of a Blossoming Apricot Tree
- Handscroll
- Ink and color on silk
- Early 12th cent.
- The emperor was well versed in poetry and skilled in calligraphy and painting.
- Had invented his own script.
- Museum of Fine Arts,Boston. Lee fig. 471.
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- Phoenix Hall
- Byodoin, Uji, Kyoto
- built in 1053 (Heian)
- Owned by Fujiwara no Michinaga who is the most powerful of the Fujiwara clan.
- It was later turned into a Buddhist Temple by Fuijiwara no Michinaga’s son.
- It is modeled after the Pure Land
- As a temple it is based on Amida Buddhism
- Lee fig. 434.
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- Amitabha (Amida) Buddha in Phoenix Hall
- Byodoin, Uji, Kyoto
- by Jocho
- wood
- dated 1053 (Heian)
- Perfect proportion utilize and use of mathmatical principles.
- The Buddha is extremely stable - can think of him as a savior and can rely on his help for enlightenment.
- Depictions on body - realistic… Interest in stylized rove and in rendering lines underneath neck - Eyes half open and half closed.
- Lee fig. 437.
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- Illustration of the Suzumushi (Bell Cricket) chapter of the Tale of Genji
- Handscroll with ink and color on paper
- First half of the 12 th century (Heian)
- Japanese style painting known as Yamato-e
- One of several scrolls - orginially close to 100 scrolls- now just 19 scenes.
- Goto Museum, Tokyo. Lee fig. 443.