Week Five

Question 1

Answer 1

Longmen, Cave 14, Northern Wei, early 6th century, Luoyang, Henan province

Question 2

Answer 2

Inlaid bronze censer, from Prince Liu Sheng’s tomb at Mancheng, Hebei province, mid-Western Han, 113 BC.

Question 3

Answer 3

Stone carving in front of Huo Qubing’s tomb. Near Xi’an, Shaanxi province, 117 BC, mid-Western Han.

Question 4

Answer 4

Heavenly horse, bronze sculpture, from Wuwei, Gansu province, late Eastern Han, 2nd century AD.

Question 5

Answer 5

Dunhuang, Cave 249, ceiling, Western Wei, mid-6th century

Question 6

Answer 6

Dunhuang, Cave 285, Story of 500 Bandits, Western Wei, mid-6th century.

Question 7

Answer 7

Yungang, Cave 20, Main Seated Buddha, Northern Wei dynasty, late 5th century

Question 8

Answer 8

Yungang, Buddha’s life,, Northern Wei, late 5th century.

Question 9

Answer 9

Longmen, Empress worshipping the Buddha, Northern Wei, early 6th century

Question 10

Answer 10

Dunhuang, Western Paradise of Amida, Cave 172, Tang, 7-8 century AD

Question 11

Answer 11

Longmen, Great Buddha at Fengxian Temple, Tang, c. 675 AD, Luoyang

Question 12

Answer 12

Great Goose Pagoda, Xi an, Tang, 7th century.

Question 13

Answer 13

Main Hall, Nanchan Temple, Tang, late 8th century, Mount Wutai, Shangxi province

Question 14

Answer 14

Seven Worthies of the Bamboo Grove (rubbing), E. Jin, late 4th-early 5th century; stamped bricks, from a tomb near Nanjing

Question 15

Answer 15

Gu Kaizhi (c. 345-c. 406), attributed to, Admonitions of the Instructress to Palace Ladies; handscroll, ink and color on silk; 5th century.

Question 16

Answer 16

Gu Kaizhi (c. 345-c. 406), attributed to, Admonitions of the Instructress to Palace Ladies; handscroll, ink and color on silk; 5th century.

Question 17

Answer 17

Gu Kaizhi (c. 345-c. 406), attributed to, Admonitions of the Instructress to Palace Ladies; handscroll, ink and color on silk; 5th century.

Question 18

Answer 18

Gu Kaizhi (c. 345-c. 406), attributed to, Admonitions of the Instructress to Palace Ladies; handscroll, ink and color on silk; 5th century.

Question 19

Answer 19

Gu Kaizhi (c. 345-c. 406), attributed to, Admonitions of the Instructress to Palace Ladies; handscroll, ink and color on silk; 5th century.

Question 20

Answer 20

Gu Kaizhi (c. 345-c. 406), attributed to, Admonitions of the Instructress to Palace Ladies; handscroll, ink and color on silk; 5th century.

Question 21

Answer 21

Gu Kaizhi (c. 345-c. 406), attributed to, Admonitions of the Instructress to Palace Ladies; handscroll, ink and color on silk; 5th century.

Question 22

Answer 22

Gu Kaizhi, attributed to, Nymph of the Luo River, handscroll, ink and color on silk; 6th century (11the century copy)

Question 23

Answer 23

Wang Xizhi (344-386), Orchard Pavilion Preface, E. Jin, 353 AD, running script.

Question 24

Answer 24

Yan Zhenqing (709-785), Family Record (rubbing); Tang, 8th century, regular script.

Question 25

Answer 25

Huaisu (725-785), Autobiographical Essay. Tang, 777, wild cursive script.