Final Question #3 Nature as Inspiration

Question 1

Part 1 - Example

Answer 1

Mounded Tombs

Question 2

Part 1 - Example of Mounded Tomb

Answer 2

Tomb of the First Emperor Qin and the Lishan Mausoleum.

Question 3

Part 1 - Date

Answer 3

Late 3rd Century BCE

Question 4

Part 1 - Location

Answer 4

Shaanxi, China

Question 5

Part 1 - Reference#1 Title and Author

Answer 5

Ten Thousand Things: Module and Mass Production in Chinese Art

By Lothar Ledderose

Question 6

Part 1 - Reference#1 Note

Answer 6

Noted- “it contained buildings of many sorts, making it a necropolis, a city for the dead.”

Question 7

Part 1 Argument

Answer 7

Mounded tombs are structures built underground and then covered with dirt. It then creates a mounded shape on the surface. This is how it correlates with nature.

Question 8

Part 1 Argument

Answer 8

The tomb of the First Emperor Qin and the Lishan Mausoleum is an example of a city sized tomb.

Question 9

Part 2 Example

Answer 9

Buddhist Cave Temples

Question 10

Part 2 Example of a Cave Temple

Answer 10

Sokkuram

Question 11

Part 2 Date

Answer 11

751

Question 12

Part 2 Location

Answer 12

Unified Silla, Korea on Mount Toham

Question 13

Part 2 Argument

Answer 13

Buddhist Cave Temples are Buddhist monuments that were literally carved into the mountains. An Example is the Cave Temple of Sokkuram.

Question 14

Part 2 Reference #2 Title and Author

Answer 14

Sokkuram: Buddhist Monument and Political Statement

By Mark Harrell

Question 15

Part 2 Reference #2 Notes

Answer 15

This writing compare the cave temple of Sokkuram with Chinese Cave temples. It is much smaller, but still honors the Chaitya Hall tradition along with it housing the Buddha/stupa image in the main chamber.

Question 16

Part 2 Note

Answer 16

One unique characteristic of the temple Sokkuram is that it’s exterior is similar to the mounded tombs tradition.

Question 17

Part 3 Example

Answer 17

Monumental Landscape Painting

Question 18

Part 3 Example of Landscape Painting

Answer 18

Solitary Temple Amid Clearing Peaks

Question 19

Part 3 Attributed Artist

Answer 19

Li Cheng

Question 20

Part 3 Date

Answer 20

960

Question 21

Part 3 Art Details

Answer 21

Hanging Scroll on Silk with ink

Question 22

Part 3 Argument

Answer 22

Landscape paintings are painting that depict nature. They are expressed in 3 sections- foreground, middleground, and background.

Question 23

Part 3 Argument

Answer 23

Monumental Landscape paintings are linked with Neo-Confucianism. From this it is believed that in studying nature one will get a better and grander understanding of self and the meaning in life.

Landscape painting can be considered a spiritual approach in art.