A Visual Sourcebook for Chinese Civilization

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A Visual Sourcebook for Chinese Civilization

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Front Matter

 

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F1 Purpose

 

F2 Contents

 

F3 Timeline and Maps

 

F4 Sitemap

 

F5 Teachers' Guide

 

Units

 

1 Geography

 

Further Reading

 

1.1 Land

 

1.11 China Proper

 

1.111 The Great Wall

 

1.112 Yellow River

 

1.113 Yangtze River

 

1.12 Outer China

 

1.2 People

 

2 Ancient Tombs

 

Further Reading

 

2.1Neolithic Tomb at Dawenkou

 

2.11 Pottery from Dawenkou

 

2.2 Shang Tomb of Fu Hao

 

2.21 Bronzes from Fu Hao's Tomb

 

2.211 Piece-Mold Techniques

 

2.22 Jade from Fu Hao's Tomb

 

2.3 Zhou Tomb of Count Yu

 

2.31 Bronzes from Count Yu's Tomb

 

2.32 Jades from Count Yu's Tomb

 

2.4 Warring States Tomb of Marquis Yi

 

2.41 Inscriptions

 

2.43 Musical Instruments

 

2.431 Restoration of the Bells

 

2.44 Bronzes from Marquis Yi's Tomb

 

2.45 Lacquer Objects

 

2.46 Gold and Silver

 

2.5 Han Tomb of Liu Sheng

 

2.51 Diagram of Tomb

 

2.52 Bronze Objects

 

2.53 Jade Objects

 

3 Buddhism

 

Further Reading

 

3.1 Images

 

3.11 Buddhas

 

3.12 Bodhisattvas

 

3.13 Other Divinities

 

3.14 Groups of Images

 

3.2 Temples

 

3.21 Cave Temples

 

3.22 Urban Temples

 

3.3 Practice

 

3.31 Monks and Nuns

 

3.32 Lay People

 

4 Calligraphy

 

Further Reading

 

4.1 Script Types

 

4.2 Techniques of Transmission

 

4.3 Six Dynasties Calligraphy

 

4.4 Tang Calligraphy

 

4.21 Early Tang Court Calligraphy

 

4.22 Other Script Types

 

4.23 Religious Writings

 

4.24 Individualist Styles

 

4.5 Calligraphy in Modern China

 

5 Military Technology

 

Further Reading

 

5.1 Siegecraft

 

5.2 Crossbows

 

5.3 Spears and Clubs

 

5.4 Catapults

 

5.5 Warships

 

5.6 Gunpowder and Firearms

 

6 Painting

 

Further Reading

 

6.1 Painting as a Social Record

 

6.11 Urban Life

 

6.111 Shops and Commerce

 

6.112 Means of Transportation

 

6.113 Individuals on the Street

 

6.12 Private Life

 

6.121 The Private Realm of the Literati

 

6.1211 The Night Revels of Minister Han Xizai

 

6.2 Painting as a Fine Art

 

6.21 Landscape Painting

 

6.211 Northern Song Landscape Painting

 

6.2111 Guo Xi's Early Spring

 

6.212 Southern Song Landscape Painting

 

6.213 Yuan Landscape Painting

 

6.22 Court Painting

 

6.221 Paintings with Political Agendas

 

6.222 Bird and Flower Painting

 

6.23 Scholar Painting

 

6.231 Figures and Animals

 

6.232 Bamboo, Plum, and Other Plants

 

7 Homes

 

Further Reading

 

7.1 House Architecture

 

7.11 Fengshui

 

7.12 Earth as a Building Material

 

7.13 Roof Tiles

 

7.14 Wooden Framing

 

7.15 Regional Variation

 

7.151 Cave Dwellings

 

7.16 Decorative Elements

 

7.2 Interiors

 

7.21 Kang

 

7.22 Beds

 

7.23 Furniture

 

8 Gardens

 

Further Reading

 

8.1 Origins of Garden Design

 

8.2 Garden Design

 

8.21 Rocks and Mountains

 

8.22 Water

 

8.23 Buildings

 

8.24 Plants

 

8.241 Paving Patterns

 

8.3 The Garden as a Site for Social Activity

 

8.4 Aesthetics of the Garden

 

8.5 Garden of the Master of Nets

 

9 Clothing

 

Further Reading

 

9.1 Traditional Patterns

 

9.11 Evidence from Paintings

 

9.12 Evidence from Photographs

 

9.121 Men

 

9.122 Women

 

9.13 Making Cloth

 

9.131 Sericulture

 

9.2 Twentieth-Century Changes

 

9.21 Adaptations to Western Styles

 

9.211 Qipao

 

9.212 Mao Suits

 

9.213 Western-Style Suits

 

9.22 Eighties and Nineties

 

9.23 Weddings

 

10 Graphic Arts

 

Further Reading

 

10. 1 Commercial Advertisements

 

10.11Calendar Posters

 

10.111 Folk Calendars

 

10.12 Magazine Advertisements

 

10.13 Book Covers

 

10.2 Political Propaganda

 

10.21 Woodcuts

 

10.22 PRC under Mao

 

10.221 Leaders and Role Models

 

10.222 Science and Technology

 

10.223 Youth and Education

 

10.224 Cultural Revolution

 

10.3 Contemporary Graphic Arts

 

10.31 Four Modernizations Era

 

10.32 Contemporary Advertising

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