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| Buddhist Sculpture from China |
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“The period covered by Buddhist Sculpture from China fits within Era 4 of the National History Standards, “Expanding Zones of Exchange and Encounter, 300-1000 CE”: Buddhist, Christian, and Hindu Traditions: Not only Islam but other major religions also spread widely during this 700-year era. Wherever these faiths were introduced, they carried with them a variety of cultural traditions, aesthetic ideas, and ways of organizing human endeavor. Each of them also embraced peoples of all classes and diverse languages in common worship and moral commitment….The entry of Buddhism into China and East Asia at the beginning of the Common Era is central to any perception of cultural exchange as playing “a crucial role in human history, being perhaps the most important external stimuli to change, leaving aside military conquest” (Curtin 1984: 1).”
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| China’s ‘China’: Porcelain’s Contribution to World History and Culture |
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A simple and clear-cut way of demonstrating the significant impact that Chinese porcelain has had on global material culture over many centuries is to consider the very word ‘China’ in the English language: the word refers not only to the country but is also synonymous with the porcelain pottery ware that began to circulate in Europe almost as soon as European ships rounded the Cape of Good Hope and increasingly established direct trade relations with China and other Asian countries. Ceramic pottery is, of course, as old as human civilization and found around the globe; but the unique quality and properties of porcelain—its considerable strength, translucency, and high resistance to thermal shock—make it one of the great contributions Chinese civilization has made to world cultures.
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| Defining Nature through Art |
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This lesson will teach students how to connect the various organisms within nature through an artistic lens. Students will develop their own definition of nature, and conceptualize this definition through Chinese landscape paintings or poetry. They will leave this class with the ability to interpret natural elements within Chinese landscape paintings and Chinese literature.
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| Responses to Chaos: Art, Religion and Literature in Six Dynasties China (221 to 581 CE) |
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Chinese and Western historians have treated the era from 220 to 581 in China as a “Dark Age” because The collapse of the Han (206 BCE—220 CE), one of the greatest dynasties in Chinese history, resulted in political chaos, which permitted foreign, mostly nomadic pastoralists living north of China, to occupy much of North China and to found Chinese-style dynasties. The country had no central government and was plagued by repeated conflicts and wars….Rather than being a Dark Age, the era from 220 from 581 contributed enormously to religion and the arts in China and set the stage for the cosmopolitan and even more multicultural Tang dynasty.
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| Understanding Decorative Motifs in Chinese Porcelain |
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This hands-on activity is designed to be an inexpensive way for students to learn and appreciate the cultural significance of select symbols as they appear on Chinese porcelains.
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| Understanding History through Artifacts: Lady Dai’s Tomb |
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In this lesson, students will examine Lady Dai’s tomb through an exploration of the artifacts found there. They will study the objects buried in Lady Dai’s tomb through images and draw conclusions about Lady Dai and the time period in which she lived. Students will walk away from this lesson with the ability to derive historical knowledge from the comprehensive examination of artifacts.
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