South, East, and Southeast Asia (300 BCE to 1980)

Jacques Paye

• c. 221–209 B.C.E. 

• mausoleum of the first Qin emperor of China, Shaanxi province

• Qin Dynasty China

• Painted terra cotta

Terra cotta warriors 

Cultural Context: Qin China 

Content: Underground citadel, more than 8000 soldiers

Formal Aspects: Each soldier seems to have different facial features, canon of proportions

Function: Guard tomb of emperor

Terra cotta warriors 

Terra cotta warriors 

• Date: c. 180 B.C.E. 

• Changsha, China

• Han Dynasty

• Painted silk.

Funeral banner of Lady Dai (Xin Zhui). 

Cultural Context: Tomb of Lady Dai

Content: painted silk banner over six feet long

Formal Aspects: 90 ft. high, covered in stucco. Grand staircases

Function: Horizontal registers, earliest-known portrait in China, gates to afterlife

Funeral banner of Lady Dai (Xin Zhui). 

 Funeral banner of Lady Dai (Xin Zhui). 

Hide painting of Sun Dance

• 493–1127 C.E

• Modern-day Henan Province, China

• Buddhist China

• Carved stone

Longmen caves. 

Cultural Context: Buddhist China

Content: 100,000 statues within over 2300 caves

Formal Aspects: Statues may have been painted before. various sculptural styles

Function: Demonstrate faith of various rulers over the years

Longmen caves. 

Longmen caves. 

Borobudur Temple

Date: c. 750–842 C.E. 

Geography: Central Java, Indonesia. 

Culture: . Sailendra Dynasty. 

Medium: Volcanic-stone masonry. 

Borobudur Temple

Cultural Context: Buddhist Java

Content: Three-dimensional mandala shape

Formal Aspects: Created to emulate walking a path

Function: Buddhist worship

Borobudur Temple

Chavin de Huantar,

Temple of Amun Re

• c. 1000 C.E.

• China

• Fan Kuan (artist)

• Ink on silk.

Travelers among Mountains and Streams

Cultural Context: Northern Song Dynasty

Content: 7-foot hanging scroll, shows universal creation

Formal Aspects: Example of Chinese landscape painting

Function: Decorative

Travelers among Mountains and Streams.

Travelers among Mountains and Streams.

Catal Huyuk and detail from Mona Lisa

• 1351 C.E.

• China

• White porcelain with cobalt-blue underglaze.

• Yuan Dynasty

The David Vases

The David Vases

Cultural Context: Presented to Daoist temple

Content: Two large vases, elephant handles

Formal Aspects: Iconic example of white/blue porcelain style

Function: Altar of Daoist temple

The David Vases

Niobides Krater

Black-on-Black ceramic vessel

• c. 15th century C.E.

• Korea

• Imperial Bureau of Painting.

• Hanging scroll (ink and color on silk).

Portrait of Sin Sukju

Portrait of Sin Sukju

Cultural Context: Korean kingdom

Content: Sin Sukju sitting on chair

Formal Aspects: Careful attention to facial features, wrinkles of robe

Function: Depict successful civil servant

• 15th century C.E. and later.

• Beijing, China. Ming Dynasty.

• Stone masonry, marble, brick, wood, and ceramic tile.
  
   

Forbidden City

Forbidden City

Cultural Context: Resulted from a coup

Content: Large palace, includes temples and living quarters

Formal Aspects: Divided into two areas, hierarchical construction

Function: Political/religious center

• Fifth to sixth century C.E.

• Korea.

• Three Kingdoms Period, Silla Kingdom,

• Metalwork.

Gold and jade crown

Gold and jade crown.

Cultural Context: 3 rivaling kingdoms

Content: Crown made of gold and jade

Formal Aspects: Axis mundi representation, branches

Function: Rituals/burial

Bundu Mask

Crown of Egypt

• 1450–1540 C.E.

• based on an oil painting by Liu Chunhua.

• c. 1969 C.E.

• Color lithograph.

Chairman Mao en Route to Anyuan.

Chairman Mao en Route to Anyuan.

Cultural Context: Cultural Revolution, Great Leap Forward

Content: Mao en route to Anyuan

Formal Aspects: Nature/Technology, superhuman, idealized, darker color scheme

Function: Party propaganda

Augustus of Prima Porta/Equestrian Statue of Marcus Aurelius

Sources:

• http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/439

• http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details.aspx?objectId=3181344&partId=1

• https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/global-culture/identity-body/identity-body-europe/a/liu-chunhua-chairman-mao

• https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/art-asia/imperial-china/ming-dynasty/a/forbidden-city

• https://www.learner.org/courses/globalart/work/47/index.html