Chinese Art after 1280.ppt

Chinese Art after 1280 Mongol Invasion Jenghiz Khan, then his son and grandsons, invaded Northern China. Kublai Khan invaded Southern China, became emperor, and created the Yuan dynasty (1280-1368) Yuan Dynasty Mongol’s capital was in northern city now known as Beijing Cultural centers remained in the great cities of the South The Yuan continued the imperial role as patron of the arts, commissioning buildings, murals, gardens, paintings, and decorative arts Has no use of scholars Highest govt. position was for Mongols and allies Zhao Mengfu. Section of Autumn Colors on the Qiao and Hua Mountains -A scholar who served the Yuan government -Trees and mountains: Archaic yet oddly elegant manner of the earlier Tang Dynasty -Nostalgia for his friend’s distant homeland and China’s past Literati Painting Literati = Chinese scholars Spirit of antiquity Unassuming brushwork Subtle colors sparingly used Use of landscape to convey personal meaning Painted for each other Favored formats: hand scrolls, hanging scrolls, album leaves (book pages) Ni Zan. The Rongxi Studio Entirely in ink Sketched with minimum detail using a dry brush technique (brush not fully loaded with ink) Reflect Ni’s personality of purity and simplicity Ming Dynasty(1368-1644) Emperor from a poor uneducated peasant family Driven out Mongols from Beijing Distrust intellectuals Scholars were alienated Despotic rule Yin Hong. Hundreds of Birds Admiring the Peacocks Painting on silk An example of birds-and-flowers genre Homage of the birds to the peacocks represent the homage of court officials to the emperor Decorative Arts and Gardens Porcelain: exquisite ceramics Glazing Ex: Flask Produced during ten-year reign of the rule known as Xuande emperor (ruled 1425-35) Armchair Mortise-and-tenon joint: projecting element (tenon) on a piece fits snugly into a cavity (mortise) on another Each piece of the chair is carved, not bent or twisted Style: simplicity, clarity, symmetry, and balance Garden of the Cessation of