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Book Review
The Meaning of China's Most Ancient Art
10/1953 | 607 | 95
Pages: 342-343
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Reviewer:
Sullivan, Michael (Sullivan, Michael)
Subjects
places:
China
subjects:
Chinese Art / Chinese / Ceramics / Gansu
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The Meaning of China's Most Ancient Art | author: Bulling, Anneliese
Article
Neolithic Symbols and the Purpose of Art in China
04/1943 | 481 | 82
Pages: 91-99+101
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Author:
Bulling, Anneliese (Bulling, Anneliese; Bulling, A.)
Subjects
places:
China
subjects:
Chinese Art / Chinese / Prehistoric / Ceramics / Pottery
subjects:
Pattern / Symbolism (artistic concept)
subjects:
Decorative arts / Han
subjects:
Mirrors / Vases / Funerary art
subjects:
Neolithic / Gansu
subjects:
Choukoutien / Zhou (Chou) / Han / Warring States
subjects:
Sculpture / Metalwork
Illustrations
Non-western art unattributed:
Drawings (Partly Reconstructed) of Neolithic Pottery Symbols. Figures 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 11, 9, 10, 14, 12, 18, 13, 17, 15, 16, 20, 22, 21, 19
Non-western art unattributed:
Plate I. A-Kuei, Food Vessel. (Sir Neil Malcolm). Found at Hsin Ts'un near Hsün Hsien. Early Chou Period. Sun/Moon Symbols Alternating with Fire Spirals Symbol. Neolithic Symbols and the Purpose of Art in China
Non-western art unattributed:
Plate I. B-T. L. V. or Cosmic Mirror. (Musee Guimet. Paris). Period of the Warring States (ca. 481-221 B. C.) Diameter 18.5 cm. Neolithic Symbols and the Purpose of Art in China
Non-western art unattributed:
Plate I. C-Funerary Vase. Kansu. (Ostasiatiska Samlingarna, Stockholm). Neolithic Symbols and the Purpose of Art in China
Non-western art unattributed:
Plate I. D-Stone-Rubbing from Tomb of Wu Family, A. D. 148. Neolithic Symbols and the Purpose of Art in China
Non-western art unattributed:
Plate II. A-Funerary Ware (Ming Ch'i). Clay Model of a Gate with Impressed Scenery and Patterns. Rosettes between Trees Are an Old Star- or Sun-Symbol in the Calendar Symbolism of Western Asia. (Musée Cernuschi, Paris). On This Gate Are Represented Also Rows of Gates Flanked by Trees and Birds. This Scene Might Stand for a Constellation Myth. The Stag Whose Head Adorns the Middle of the Gate Plays a Part in Autumn and Marriage Rites. Neolithic Symbols and the Purpose of Art in China
Non-western art unattributed:
Plate II. B-Pillar from the Entrance to the Grave of Shen. Szchuan, Second Century, A. D. The Upper Part of This Pillar Imitates Wooden Beams and from One of the Beams Is Suspended the Symbol of the Emperor and the Solar Year, the "Pi" Disc. Neolithic Symbols and the Purpose of Art in China
Non-western art unattributed:
Plate III. A-Carved Marble Slab. A. D. 114. 88 by 119 cm. (Baron von der Heydt, Lent to Victoria and Albert Museum). Another Performance of a Cosmological Myth. The Tree on the Left Is Probably the Joh-Tree, Whose Flowers Light the World before the Sun Rises; It Is Connected with the Moon. Jugglers, Dancers, Acrobats, Etc., Make It Plain That This Represents a Performance. Neolithic Symbols and the Purpose of Art in China
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Plate III. B-Mirror, Bronze. End of the Han Period or Later. Sun, Moon and Star Symbols Are Replaced by Representations of King Mu and Hsi Wang Mu. This Strengthens Our Point That the Myth Takes Its Root in Neolithic Astronomical Imitation Plays and Can, Therefore, Replace the Sun, Moon and Star Symbols. Neolithic Symbols and the Purpose of Art in China
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Plate III. C-Hu. Bronze Vessel. Height 37 cm. Period of the Warring States. (Chinese Government). Symbols Replaced by Representations of Performances, e. g., a Man Performs a Ritual Dance, Others Fight with Tigers and Wild Boars. Yao Shooting the Wild Boar and a Light between Two Pretenders for the Throne of Yü (See Lower Row) Are Recorded in the T'ien Wên. Neolithic Symbols and the Purpose of Art in China
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On the Origin and Development of Chinese Art
12/1935 | 393 | 67
Pages: 250-253+256-259+262-264
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Author:
Bachhofer, Ludwig (Bachhofer, Ludwig)
Subjects
places:
China
places:
Russia
subjects:
Chinese Art / Chinese / Ceramics
subjects:
Gansu / Pottery / Anyang (Shang style) / Zhou (Chou)
subjects:
Chinese sculpture / Bronzes / You (Chinese vessels)
subjects:
Chinese painting / Buddhist / Buddhas
subjects:
Chinese architecture / Pagodas
subjects:
Song / Tang / Yüan
subjects:
Russian / Influence
Illustrations
Non-western art unattributed:
Fig. 1. Vase. Black and Red on a White Slip. "Negative Ornament." Cucuteni 11, Group D, 1. Sixteenth to Fifteenth Century B. C. (Staatliche Museen, Berlin)
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Fig. 2. Potsherd from Yang Shao, Honan. Black and Red on a White Slip. "Negative Ornament." Sixteenth-Fifteenth Century B. C. (Museum of Far Eastern Antiquities, Stockholm)
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Fig. 3. Vase. Black on Reddish Brown Ware. Kansa, ma Chang. Fifteenth Century B. C. Height, 19.2 C. M (Museum of Far Eastern Antiquities, Stockholm
Non-western art unattributed:
Plate I. A-Vase. Red and Black on Reddish Ware. Kansu, Pan Shan. About 1500 B. C. Diameter, 29 cm. (Museum für Völkerkunde, Munich). On the Origin and Development of Chinese Art
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Plate I. B-P'ou. Bronze. Fifteenth-Thirteenth Century B. C. Height, 19.3 cm. (Museum für Völkerkunde, Berlin). On the Origin and Development of Chinese Art
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Plate II. A-Yu. Bronze. Early Archaic Phase (The Sumitomo Collection, Osaka, Japan). On the Origin and Development of Chinese Art
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Plate II. B-Yu. Bronze. Late Archaic Phase. Total Height, 26 cm. (The Eumorfopoulos Collection, Victoria and Albert Museum). On the Origin and Development of Chinese Art
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Plate II. C-Yu. Bronze. Classic phase. Total Height, 34.2 cm. (The Eumorfopoulos Collection, Victoria and Albert Museum). On the Origin and Development of Chinese Art
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Plate II. D-Yu. Bronze. Baroque Phase. Total Height, 20.3 cm. (The Eumorfopoulos Collection, British Museum). On the Origin and Development of Chinese Art
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Plate III. A-Belt-Clasp. Bronze. Fifth to Fourth Century B. C. Height, 5.5 cm. (The Stoclet Collection, Brussels). On the Origin and Development of Chinese Art
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Plate III. B-Hill-censer. Bronze Inlaid with Gold. First Han (206 B. C. to A. D. 9). Height, 18.5 cm. (Schlossmuseum, Berlin). On the Origin and Development of Chinese Art
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Plate III. C-Vase. Grey Ware with Black Lustre. Fifth to Fourth Century B. C. Height, 26 cm. (Museum für Völkerkunde, Munich); D-Vase from Hsin-Chêng. Sixth Century B. C. (K'Ai-fêng Museum). On the Origin and Development of Chinese Art
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Plate IV. A-Stele. Dated A. D. 662 Stone; Height, 45 cm. (Museum für Völkerkunde, Munich) B-Buddha with Monks and Bodhisattvas. Wall-Painting, Cave 118 a, Tun-Huang. About A. D. 650. On the Origin and Development of Chinese Art
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Plate V. A-Landscape. First Half of the Thirteenth Century A. D. Silk; Height, 16.5 cm.; B-Landscape, by Shên Chou (1427-1509); Dated A. D. 1476. Paper; Height, 161 cm. (The Preetorius Collection, Munich); C-Head of a Bodhisattva from Lung-Mên. About A. D. 700. Limestone; Height, 35 cm.; D-Head of a Buddha. Thirteenth Century A. D. Stone with a Cover of Stucco; Height, 24 cm. (Museum für Völkerkunde, Munich). On the Origin and Development of Chinese Art