Yuan Dynasty

Examples of Yuan Dynasty in the following topics:

• Painting under the Yuan Dynasty

  • The Yuan Dynasty (1271–1368) saw the consolidation of poetry, painting, and calligraphy into a unified canon of classical Chinese art.
  • A great deal of artwork of the Yuan Dynasty has survived in China, relative to works from the Tang Dynasty and Song Dynasties, which have often been better preserved in places such as the Shōsōin in Japan.
  • The Song Dynasty and the Yuan Dynasty are linked together through the development of landscape painting, as well as the classical joining of calligraphy and poetry.
  • Wang Meng was a famous painter of the Yuan Dynasty, and one of his most famous works is the Forest Grotto.
  • The later Yuan Dynasty is characterized by the work of the so-called "Four Great Masters."

• Painting under the Ming Dynasty

  • During the Ming Dynasty, Chinese painting developed from the achievements of the earlier Song and Yuan Dynasties.
  • Under the Yuan Dynasty (1279–1368), painters had practiced with relative freedom, cultivating a more "individualist" and innovative approach to art that deviated noticeably from the more superficial style of the Song masters who preceded them.
  • During the Ming Dynasty, Chinese painting developed greatly from the achievements of the earlier Song Dynasty and Yuan Dynasty.
  • The painting schools of the Yuan Dynasty still heavily influenced early Ming painting, but new schools of painting were also growing.
  • Its formation is credited to painter Shen Zhou, who is known for using brushstrokes in the tradition of Yuan Dynasty masters.

• Ceramics under the Song Dynasty

  • Ceramics from the Southern Song dynasty differed from the north and focused primarily on small and intimate scenes.
  • The Song Dynasty (960–1279 CE) was a culturally rich and sophisticated age for China.
  • Appreciation of the arts among the gentry flourished during the Song Dynasty, especially in painting and ceramics.
  • During the Song and following Yuan dynasties, porcelain made in the city and other southern Chinese kiln sites used crushed and refined pottery stones alone.
  • A Longquan Ware Celadon Vase, Song Dynasty, 13th Century, from the Nantoyōsō Collection, Japan

• Chinese Literati Expressionism under the Ming Dynasty

  • Under the Ming Dynasty, Chinese culture bloomed.
  • Narrative painting, with a wider color range and a much busier composition than the previous paintings of the Song Dynasty, was immensely popular during the time.
  • Shen Zhou paintings reveal a disciplined obedience to the styles of the Yuan Dynasty, to China's history, and to the orthodox Confucianism that he embodied in his filial life.

• Modern Chinese Painting

  • According to points of view by artists, art institutes, publications, and media, the Heaven Style painting was derived based on painting techniques from the Song Dynasty (960–1279) and Yuan Dynasty (1271–1368) and integrated techniques of perspective science and contemporary photography.

• The Song Dynasty

  • The Song Dynasty was highly influenced by Buddhism and Neo-Confucianism, which were reflected in their art.
  • The Song Dynasty was a ruling dynasty in China between 960 and 1279 CE.
  • The dynasty is divided into two distinct periods, Northern and Southern.
  • Buddhism would not see a true revival in Chinese society until the Mongol rule of the Yuan Dynasty, with Kublai Khan's sponsorship of Tibetan Buddhism and Drogön Chögyal Phagpa as the leading lama.
  • Discuss the significance of Neo-Confucianism and literature on the art of the Song dynasty.

• Architecture and Urban Planning under the Ming Dynasty

  • Chinese urban planning and architecture under the Ming Dynasty are based on fengshui geomancy and numerology, as seen in the Forbidden City.
  • The Forbidden City was the Chinese imperial palace from the Ming Dynasty to the end of the Qing Dynasty—the years 1420 to 1912.
  • Later, during the mid-Qing Dynasty, the Emperor's residence was moved to the western side of the complex.
  • Researchers now believe the axis was designed in the Yuan Dynasty to be aligned with Xanadu, the other capital of their empire.
  • The Forbidden City was the Chinese imperial palace from the Ming Dynasty to the end of the Qing Dynasty.

• Painting under the Song Dynasty

  • Painting during the Song Dynasty (960–1279) reached a new level of sophistication with further development of landscape painting.
  • Ma Yuan was a Southern Song painter of the Song Dynasty.
  • As court painters, Ma Yuan and Xia Gui used strong black brushstrokes to sketch trees and rocks and pale washes to suggest misty space.
  • Walking on Path in Spring by Ma Yuan (马远 c.1190 - 1279年）)
  • Ma Yuan was one of the most prominent Chinese painters of the Song Dynasty.

• Islamic Book Painting

  • Upon the death of Genghis Khan, his empire was divided among his sons and dynasties formed: the Yuan in China, the Ilkhanids in Iran, and the Golden Horde in northern Iran and southern Russia.
  • The art of the Persian book began under the Ilkhanid dynasty, and was encouraged by aristocratic patronage of large illuminated manuscripts such as the Jami' al-tawarikh by Rashid-al-Din Hamadani .  

• Art of the Middle Kingdom

  • Artists from the Han (202 BCE) to the Tang (618–906 CE) dynasties primarily painted the human figure.
  • In the south, Dong Yuan, Juran, and other artists painted the rolling hills and rivers of their native countryside in peaceful scenes done with softer, rubbed brushwork.
  • Chinese ritual bronzes from the Shang and Western Zhou Dynasties have exerted a continuing influence over Chinese art.
  • Dong Yuan painted the rolling hills and rivers of his native countryside using soft, rubbed brushwork.
  • Crossbow men from the Terracotta Army, interred by 210 BCE, Qin Dynasty