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| Timeline of Art History: China, 2000–1000 B.C. |
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"Metalworking, especially in bronze, develops throughout China." With a period overview, list of key events, and 3 related artworks. Also has links to additional information about the Shang dynasty (ca. BCE 1600-1050) and Western Zhou dynasty (ca. BCE 1046-771), an abridged list of Chinese emperors, and timelines of Japan and Korea during this time.
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| Timeline of Art History: China, 500–1000 A.D. |
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"In the second half of the sixth century, China, long divided into north and south, is further subdivided into the northwestern and northeastern regions ruled by different factions of the once-powerful Northern Wei empire." With a period overview, list of key events, and 10 related artworks. Also has links to additional information about the Period of Northern and Southern Dynasties (386-589), the Tang dynasty (618-906), and the Northern Song dynasty (960-1127), an abridged list of Chinese emperors, and timelines of Japan and Korea during this time.
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| Timeline of Art History: China, 8000–2000 B.C. |
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"Evidence of pottery making appears during the Early Neolithic period with the rise of agriculture and sedentary living." With a period overview, list of key events, and 3 related artworks. Also has links to additional information about China's neolithic period (ca. BCE 10,000-2000), an abridged list of Chinese emperors, and timelines of Japan and Korea during this time.
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| Timeline of Art History: Himalayan Region, 1000–1400 A.D. |
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"Buddhism becomes the dominant cultural force in Tibet, superceding the indigenous Bon religion." With a period overview, list of key events, and 9 related artworks. Also has links to additional information about Hindu art, Buddhist art, Nepalese painting and sculpture, and Tibetan Buddhist art, plus timelines of South Asia during this time.
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| Timeline of Art History: Himalayan Region, 1400–1600 A.D. |
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"Centralized states gradually form in the Himalayan region. In the fifteenth century, Tibet, the Gelukpa sect of Buddhism consolidates its religious and temporal power in central Tibet with the help of Chinese patronage." With a period overview, list of key events, and 10 related artworks. Also has links to additional information about Buddhist art, Nepalese painting and sculpture, and Tibetan Buddhist art, plus timelines of South Asia during this time.
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| Timeline of Art History: Himalayan Region, 1600–1800 A.D. |
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"The title of Dalai Lama is first bestowed on Sonam Gyatso (1543–1588), the third hierarch of the Gelukpa school of Tibetan Buddhism, by the Mongolian prince Altan Khan, a descendent of the great Genghis Khan, in the sixteenth century." With a period overview, list of key events, and 2 related artworks. Also has links to timelines of South and Southeast Asia during this time.
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| Timeline of Art History: Himalayan Region, 500–1000 A.D. |
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"Hinduism and Buddhism fundamentally shape the cultures of the Himalayas, integrating indigenous elements with those imported directly from India. This period is characterized by the active patronage of Buddhism in Tibet under Khri-srong-Ide-bstan (r. ca. 750–97) and contact of Tibetan artists with Buddhist painting traditions in Central Asia (including Khotan and Dunhuang)." With a period overview, list of key events, and 5 related artworks. Also has links to additional information about Hindu art, Buddhist art, and Tibetan Buddhist art, plus timelines of South Asia during this time.
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| Timeline of Art History: Japan, 1000–1400 A.D. |
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"While enjoying a lifestyle of material wealth and cultural elegance in the capital Heian-kyo, the imperial court's political authority enters a period of decline." With a period overview, list of key events, and 10 related artworks. Also has links to additional information about the Heian (794-1185), Kamakura (1185-1333), Nambokucho (1336-1392), and Muromachi (1392-1573) periods, an abridged list of rulers in Japan, and timelines of China and Korea during this time.
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