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| Arts of China: Teaching Toolkit |
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Objects in the museums collection (dating from the Neolithic era to today) are featured in 12 lessons for 3rd grade teachers and students to explore Chinese art and culture. 3 sections — Geography and Environment (covering nature and symbolism); Believe Systems (with content on Confucianism, Daoism, and Buddhism); Global Exchange (with content on the Silk Road) — show how a variety of purposes (funerary, courtly, religious, poetic) combine to define traditional Chinese culture.
Go to Museum Resource: https://teach.brooklynmuseum.org/project/arts-of-china/ | |
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| Arts of China: Teaching Toolkit |
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Objects in the museums collection (dating from the Neolithic era to today) are featured in 12 lessons for 3rd grade teachers and students to explore Chinese art and culture. 3 sections — Geography and Environment (covering nature and symbolism); Believe Systems (with content on Confucianism, Daoism, and Buddhism); Global Exchange (with content on the Silk Road) — show how a variety of purposes (funerary, courtly, religious, poetic) combine to define traditional Chinese culture.
Go to Museum Resource: https://teach.brooklynmuseum.org/project/arts-of-china/ | |
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| Wine Jar, with Fish and Aquatic Plants: China, early 14th c. Yuan Dynasty |
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This jar is a masterpiece of fourteenth-century porcelain and an example of a naturalistic style of surface decoration that was gaining popularity in China at the time. The rich blue color is produced by cobalt-oxide pigment imported from western Asia via the Silk Road. The vessel was created not long after the Chinese had perfected the process of making blue-and-white ceramics. It was produced in the imperial kilns of Jingdezhen and was probably a gift for a government official. The fish is an auspicious animal in Chinese culture, and the carp in particular was considered lucky during the Yuan Dynasty, when this jar was created. Fish were kept in ponds for enjoyment and for food, and there are many Chinese myths and stories that include them as characters. The Chinese names of the four types of fish depicted on the jar—qing yu (black carp), bai yu (silver carp), li yu (carp), gui yu (perch)—sound like the Chinese words for “honest and incorruptible.” The lotus, a large, beautiful aquatic flower that often grows from mud, is a Buddhist symbol representing a human’s ability to overcome suffering. See also exhibition publication [PDF].
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