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The Artist as Collector: Masterpieces of Chinese Painting from the C. C. Wang Family Collection
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Online presentation of a 1999-2000 exhibition that "illuminates the entire tradition of scholar painting from its birth and early development in the Song and Yuan dynasties (10th to 14th century) to its later transformation and elaboration during the Ming and Qing dynasties (14th to 20th century)." With images of 14 related artworks dating from the 10th century to 1711.

Go to Museum Resource: https://www.metmuseum.org/exhibitions/listings/1999/chinese-painting
Chinese Gardens and Collectors' Rocks
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
A brief discussion of the significance of the garden in Chinese culture. With 10 related artworks and a video clip of the Chinese Garden Court at the Metropolitan Museum.

Go to Museum Resource: http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/cgrk/hd_cgrk.htm
The Douglas Dillon Legacy: Chinese Painting for the Metropolitan Museum
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Online presentation of a 2004 exhibition. "Spanning more than 1,000 years of Chinese painting, from the 8th to the 18th century, the exhibition constitutes a compelling survey of all the major schools and trends of the last four dynasties." With images of 8 related artworks dating from the 8th century to 1770.

Go to Museum Resource: https://www.metmuseum.org/exhibitions/listings/2004/chinese-painting
The Embodied Image: Chinese Calligraphy from the John B. Elliott Collection
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Online presentation of a 2000-2001 exhibition "of more than fifty-five hanging scrolls, handscrolls, and album leaves from the Elliott collection, accompanied by a nearly equal number of selections from the Metropolitan's renowned John M. Crawford Collection Jr. and private collections, constitutes the most important display of calligraphy ever assembled in the West." With images of 9 related artworks dating from the 4th to the 17th century.

Go to Museum Resource: https://www.metmuseum.org/exhibitions/listings/2000/john-b-elliott-collection
Great Waves: Chinese Themes in the Arts of Korea and Japan
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Online presentation of a 2003 exhibition that "explores how Chinese pictorial themes—Buddhist iconography, landscape imagery, flower and bird subjects, and figural narratives—were selectively adopted and reinterpreted by native artists in Korea and Japan." With images of 16 related artworks dating from the 10th to the 18th century.

Go to Museum Resource: https://www.metmuseum.org/exhibitions/listings/2003/great-waves
Lacquerware of East Asia
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
An introduction to East Asian lacquerware. Discusses production methods, as well as artistic techniques as they developed in China, Japan, and Korea, respectively. Includes a short glossary of decoration techniques. With 14 related artworks.

Go to Museum Resource: http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/elac/hd_elac.htm
Landscape Painting in Chinese Art
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
A brief overview of landscape painting in Chinese art from the Tang dynasty to the present. With 10 related artworks.

Go to Museum Resource: http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/clpg/hd_clpg.htm
A Look at Chinese Painting in The Metropolitan Museum of Art
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Examines seven Chinese paintings and calligraphies from the Asian art collection at The Metropolitan Museum of Art and discusses answers to seven questions that viewers often have about Chinese paintings in general: 1) What materials did the artist use to create this painting; 2) Why is there only writing in this image; 3) Why didn't the artist use any color in this painting; 4) What is this image about; 5) Why did the artist choose this shape for this painting; 6) Why are red stamps placed all over this painting; 7) How is nature depicted in Chinese landscape paintings?

Go to Museum Resource: http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/chin/hd_chin.htm
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