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

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).

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.

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.

Catal Huyuk and detail from Mona Lisa

1351 C.E.
China
White porcelain with cobalt-blue underglaze.
Yuan Dynasty

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

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

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.

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