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Chinese Stone Age Pottery
While some cultures had started making more ceramics and the Neolithic cultures were using jade, most of the chinese were still using regular clay and stone with their pottery. Nearly all of the Chinese pottery were jars and bowls that were handmade. These were nearly all painted with red and black. In about a 1000 more years, the Chinese started doing mostly geometric designs on this type of pottery. http://www.historyforkids.org/learn
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Classical Chinese Art
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Chinese Begin Using Jade
The Chinese began using jade during 3400 B.C. because of the people living near Yangtze River had an advanced culture. Unlike most jade, this jade could also come in a milky white and not only green. Unfortunately, this was the last Neolithic Jade culture in the area, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liangzhu_culture -
Jan 1, 600
Buddhist Missionaries Arrive in China
The arrival of Buddhism in China marked a huge change in alot of art. The biggest change didn't actually start to happen for a few more centuries. But it is evident in todays world the influence of this religion on China and the surrounding areas. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Chinese_art -
Apr 7, 600
B.C. Ends and A.D. Begins
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Jan 1, 1507
Chinese Begin the Tradition of the Art Academey
Starting in the Five Dynasties, the dynasties would set up a academey unique to that era. The leader would bring together the best painters throughout China, and the painters would have royal salaries and would ware uniforms. The painters would paint and draw emporers, nobles, and the wealthy to help explain their lives. These academies were very successful and were carried over to the Imperial era. http://www.chinatownconnection.com/history-of-chinese-painting.htm -
Yaun Dynasty's Four Great Painters
Huang Gongwang, Ni Zan, Wu Zhen and Wang Meng were the greatest painters of the Yaun Dynasty. These painters lived all throughout 1271 A.D.-1368 A.D. and were the most revered painters of their times. The Chinese art during that time was landscapes because it was largely being infleunced by the mongolian occupation, and their landscapes still influence some painting today nearly 700 years later. http://www.chinaculture.org/library/2008-01/14/content_39594.htm -
The Four Monk Masters
Shen Zhou,Wen Zhengming,Tang Yin and Qiu Ying were the Four Great Monk Masters of painting during 1368 A.D. to 1644 A.D. During this time period there was a lot of change in Chinese art, some of it due to the end of the Mongolian occupation halfway through the dynasty. All of them however survived the fall of the Ming Dynasty, and they had a feirce loyalty to the Ming Dynasty and for the most part did not cooperate with the changing art. http://arts.cultural-china.com/en/62Arts7766.html -
Jade Burial Suits
The Western Han Dynasty began using Jade burial suits to cover the tombs of the wealthy. The Dynasty ended though in 221 A.D., and the chinese stopped this tradition. http://www.drben.net/ChinaReport/Sources/History/Time-Line-China_5000_years-All_Chinese_Dynasties.html -
Chinese Begin Trading Ceramics with Europeans
The chinese began trading their high quality porcelain with foreign Arab traders, who then trade them to Euopeans. One of the first written accounts of the astonishment of the Arabs to the clear Chinese porcelin is huge. This is why china is synominous with high quality porcelain http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_porcelain -
Terracotta Army is Buried
The Terracotta Army is 7,000 chinese statues of warriors and horses buried to guard the dead body of China's self-proclaimed emporer, Qin Shi Huang. Each statue has a uniquie physioligy. When they were dug up in 1990 they were painted and had weapons, but the weapons were removed and exposure to the air caused the paint to fade. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Chinese_art http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Chinese_art
