Asian Art History / Christenson
slides - China

Ming (1368 - 1644)

1. the Great Wall at Juyongguan

2. Great Wall, Northeast of Bejing

3. Palaces of Ming and Qing(Ching),

4. Forbidden City, Bejing, 1420-1889, old photo

5. Old Qin(Chin) capital and new tatar city built by Genghis Khan after 1215, map

6. Forbidden City, 1403, map

7. "         " , Imperial Palace, courtyard

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9. "         " , interior w/ brackets

10. "         " , a throne room, Hall of Supreme Harmony

11. “         “ , “ “, detail of throne

12.  "         " , small throne room (used by Dowager Empress of Qing Dynasty)

13.  "         " , Offering Hall at the Altar of Heaven,  1420-1889

14.  "         " , "  " interior

15.  "         " , bronze lions w/ pearl, (symbol of Imperial Treasury)

16.  "         " , funerary model

17. Grand Canal, (1000 miles, , cost of 2600 lives per mile) begun Sui Dyn. 589 map

18.  "         " photo,

19. Tall round-bellied vase and covered jar, porcelain, Kiangsu Prov/

20. blue and white bowl, late 15c

21.  "         "         ", "may good luck and power of ownership be perpetual which everyday are on the increase", 1506

22. "         ' ", canteen,

23. vase w/ multicolored enamel decoration, porcelain

24.  Imperial Dragon Vase,  1368-1644)

25. He Chao Zong Yin, Guanyin, 17c

26. seated fig of Lo-han, grey terracotta w/ glazes,

27. Du Jin, Enjoying Antiquities, act. 1465-1500

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29.  Shen Zhou, Lofty Conversation on a Luxuriant Cliff. (1427 - 1536)

30.  "      "      ,Port of the Artist at the age of Eighty

31.  "      "    , Drawings from life: Plants, animals and Insects, 1494

32.  "    " , "  " : crab

33.  "     " , Beggars and street Characters, 1516

34. Tang Yin, Four Beauties, (1470-1523)

35.  "      ",  Palace Beauties,

36. Tai Chin, Fisherman on the River, (1388-1462)

37.  "            Returning Home at Evening in Spring.

38. Wen Cheng-Ming, Pines and Cypresses by the waterfall

39. Wang Shih-chang, Scholar's abode in the mtns.,

40. Wu Pin, The Coming of Spring , 1620

41. anon.  Port of Yung-Lo, Emperor

42.  "      Victory over Japanese Invaders,  Hing-Tsung per.

43. Guo Shoujing, Armillary Sphere, 1276

44. Chiu Ying, civil service personnel await results of exam.

45.  map, Ming dyn

46. Zheng He's maritime expeditions

47. Zhang Zeduan, spring festival on the river

48.  anon., Hongzhi Emperor,

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