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Major Architectures at Chang’an •History of the site (western zhou, qin, and western han)•Population of 1 million inside thecity; total population 70 millions•The construction of the capital wasconstructed in the proper time (oracle bones were used)•The orientation of the city must becarefully calculated in order to situated the city with the natural force •The western market was used totrade foreign goods |
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Key concept: International Culture at Chang’an |
Inner City: court; ritual sacrifices, gov’t offices, living quarters of the emperor and family Outer City: ward system (110 wards) The Daming Palace
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Daming palace (Palace of GreatBrightness), built early 7th c. •Government offices and the like.•The palace was burnt down |
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Thediversity of the culture and religion: India, Persia, Arabia, Syria, Korea andJapan |
•Sogdians played as middle men fortrading•Culture, religion, and goods flowthrough the silk road |
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Xuan Zong |
ruled 713-756, imperial academy of letters in 745 •Ideal beauty: plump body and moon-shaped face •Established an institution thatheld talented musicians, poets, etc.•Tang dynasty was a very opensociety •Known for his unconditional lovefor his consort yang Yuhuan•
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Women Preparing Newly Woven Silk, early12thc. copy by Emperor Hui Zong(ruled1101-1125) Format: hand scroll, ink and color on silk Theme: a group of court ladies work on theprocess of silk making•Court ladies were often portrayedwith a plumper body•Before the slender body wasappreciated in the early tang dynasty •Later copy•No location is given•The arrangement is unique becausethey were arranged in different perspective••Front view, profile, and threequarter view••Why does he use differentprospective? To make it look real, and distinguish them.•There are very careful portrayals of the garments and embroiderypatterns of the women, signs of their plumper body Naturalismand symbolism•Illustrates the meaning that silkmaking was a traditional skill that was passed down•The social role of women |
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Sancai (tricolor ceramic) |
glazes made by mixing copper, iron with colorless lead silicate•Widelyknown in the west•Speaksabout the frequent color exchange around the silk road•Reciprocaldifferences ••Browngreen and white•Createdfor funerary purposes••Highranking officials also would rarely have five••Toys,garden figures, everyday wear imitations for tombs••Thisart form fell after the tang dynasty collapsed.
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Camelwith musicians, early part of 8th c., from general Xianyu Tinghui’s tomb•Had tempered camels.••Shows tough camel character •Culture exchange example•The musical instruments are also a symbol of this•Clay needs to be cleaned a few times•Made out of molds in order to be massed produced•Painted figures in order to showindividuality •Fired twice and draped naturally with glaze inthe piece (not carefully painted) |
