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| Age of the Great Khan: Painting and Calligraphy in the Mongol Yuan Dynasty |
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| National Palace Museum
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A comprehensive resource for art under Mongol China, with images organized into four sections: 1) Marco Polo; 2) Recluse Scholars; 3) Polyethnic Scholars; 4) The Imperial Clan. With text and additional subtopics under each section (mouseover images on topic pages to bring up each subtopic), plus a large selection of art works under each section. There is also a special section for teachers with resources on imperial portraiture, architecture, and revivalism in Yuan-dynasty painting, plus analysis of three specific paintings.
Go to Museum Resource: http://tech2.npm.gov.tw/khan/english/main_h_eng.htm | |
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| Art of the Silk Road |
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| University of Washington, Simpson Center for the Humanities
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Online exhibit "organized as part of Silk Road Seattle, a collaborative public education project exploring cultural interaction across Eurasia from the first century BCE to the sixteenth century CE." With text and images organized into four categories: 1) Cultures (with a timeline from 400 BCE to 1600 CE); 2) Religions (Buddhism, Zoroastrianism, Nestorianismism, Islam, Manichaeism); 3) Trade (text about trade routes, horses and camels, silk); 4) Intercultural Exchange.
Go to Museum Resource: http://depts.washington.edu/silkroad/exhibit/index.shtml | |
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| The Beauty of Chün Ware |
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| National Palace Museum
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A website with background text on Chün ware, its origins, and the distinctiveness of its multicolored array of glazes, plus a gallery of objects with descriptions and an online glossary of terms. There are also two interactive activities appropriate for students -- the VIRTUAL KILN (an animated cartoon/interactive game starring a character named Clay, who learns about the secret of Chün ware by completing a series of "examinations") and the GAMES section (with a series of arcade-type games also starring Clay).
Go to Museum Resource: http://tech2.npm.gov.tw/chunware/en/ | |
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| The Calligraphic World of Mi Fu's Art |
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| National Palace Museum
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Highly polished interactive website introducing the art and life of Mi Fu (1051-1107), a scholar-official and master of painting and calligraphy from the Northern Sung period. "Dealing mostly with his calligraphy, the contents of this website are divided into two main approaches: a gallery of selected works mostly from the National Palace Museum collection, as well as themes based on times and places in Mi Fu’s life": 1) The Itinerant Official; 2) Poetry and Prose; 3) The Mi Boat; 4) Pure Enjoyments; 5) Ideas on Calligraphy; 6) Practice of Calligraphy.
Go to Museum Resource: http://tech2.npm.gov.tw/mifu/en/index.htm | |
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| Chinese Cloisonné |
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| The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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A brief introduction to the development of cloisonné in China during the early 14th to 15th century, as well as to the cloisonné technique. With 2 related artworks.
Go to Museum Resource: http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/clos/hd_clos.htm | |
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| Choson Dynasty, 1392-1910 |
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| Minneapolis Institute of Arts
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"The rulers of the Yi, or Choson, dynasty (1392-1910) adopted Confucianism as their governing ideology and withdrew official support for Buddhism." A brief one-paragraph overview, with four objects representative of the period.
Go to Museum Resource: http://www.artsmia.org/art-of-asia/history/korea-choson-dynasty.cfm | |
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| Chosôn Punch'ông Ware: Between Celadon and Porcelain |
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| The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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A discussion of punch'ông ware, "the striking ceramic type produced during the first 200 years of the Chosôn dynasty (1392–1910)." With six related artworks.
Go to Museum Resource: http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/pnch/hd_pnch.htm | |
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