| A | B |
|---|
| line | most common Chinese art element |
| ceramics | China's greatest contribution to art |
| Yang Shao | Neolithic red pottery |
| Long Shan | Neolithic black pottery |
| oracle bones | first Chinese writing was on these |
| dynasty | time period ruled by specific family |
| Shang Dynasty | 1600-1027 BCE, bronze casting |
| Confucius | philosophy of honor, doing the right thing, service to community |
| Zhou Dynasty | 1111-256 BCE, first paintings, Taoism |
| Taoism | man must live in harmony w/ nature |
| Lao Tse | begins Taoism in 600 BCE |
| yin-yang figure | represents balanced universe |
| Chin Dynasty | 221-205 BCE, China unified, Great Wall |
| Chin Shi Huang Ti | Chin emperor who unified country, had ceramic army buried w/ him |
| Great Wall of China | built to keep invaders from north out of China |
| Han Dynasty | 206BCE -221AD, Buddhism arrives from India, trade w/ Rome |
| jade suit | burial clothes for emperors |
| 6 Dynasties | 256-589 AD, political turmoil, paintings w/ flat space, cave temples |
| Longmen | cave temple with 50 foot Buddha |
| Tang Dynasty | 618-906 AD, Golden Age of Buddhism, pagoda developed |
| pagoda | architectural cross between stupa & Chinese watchtower |
| Yunju Temple | Buddhist temple w/ largest collection of Buddhist writings in world |
| Tripitaka | Buddhist writings on 14,278 stone slabs at Yunju Temple |
| Lokapala | Buddhist spirit guardians buried w/ dead to protect from evil spirits |
| Song Dynasty | 960-1127/1279 AD, Golden Age of Landscape Painting, celadon glaze |
| Celadon | glaze for ceramics in blue green color |
| Yuan Dynasty | 1279-1368 AD, Genghis Khan trades w/ West, Chinese home design |
| siheyuan | Chinese home design in 4 sided quadrangle w/ inner courtyard |
| Ming Dynasty | 1368-1644 AD, Imperial Palace/Forbidden City built, blue & white ceramics developed |
| jade | China's national stone, symbolizing Heaven & Earth, the perfect stone |
| Ming tombs | one of largest tomb complexes in world, covers 400 miles & has 13 emperors & 23 empresses |
| south | direction of Buddhist temple doors |
| Forbidden City, Beijing | houses 24 generations of Ming & Quin Dynasty rulers, surrounded by moat |
| Tiananmen Gate | First gateway into Forbidden City |
| huabiao | amrble column w/ dragons & clouds |
| polychrome | painted with many colors, as Chinese buildings were |
| crane | Chinese symbol for long life |
| Hall of Supreme Harmony | tallest & most important building in Forbidden City, has most roof guardians on it |
| curved roofs | ward off evil spirits |
| dragon & cloud image | Chinese believed the dragon controlled rainfall |
| bright yellow | Chinese imperial color, only worn by emperor |
| Imperial (Beihai) Garden | world's first royal garden |
| dragon | Chinese symbol for good luck |
| Quin Dynasty | 1644-1911 AD, Manchurians conquer China, trade w/ West |
| Communist Regime | 1911-1976 AD, art is outlawed except state art |
| Chairman Mao Tse Tung | Communist dictator |
| Tiananmen Square | enormous square built during communist time |
| cloisonne | copper enameling on ceramics, founded in Ming Dynasty, exported today |
