Final Project: Rare Hollow Buddhas
admin Abe Shire People and their Stuff in Chinese History Dr. D’Haeseleer April 20th, 2023 Rare Hollow Buddhas Thirteen hundred year old Buddha getting an MRI – Smithsonian TABLE OF CONTENTS
Week 15 introduce an image – Lady Dai’s Silk Funeral Banner
Lady Dai’s dazzling funeral banner As I approached the end of the semester I wanted to find an image for this extra credit assignment that would convey the focus of…
Week 12 rewrite
This week, we learned about forged bronzes, antiques, and collectors. We watched a video that explored the topic of Chinese bronzes vs. forged Chinese bronzes. The process of creating a…
Week 13
The Meyer and Brysac reading discusses the Tang Emperor’s Horses (also known as the Chinese Tang Dynasty Ceramic Horses) which are considered extremely important works of Chinese art from the…
Week 12
This week, we learned about forged bronzes, antiques, and collectors. The video assigned for Tuesday pondered the possibility of Chinese bronzes being forged. I heard from some experts on how…
Week 12 introduce an image
I originally intended to search for Chinese bronze antiques, but I was thinking about the bells that I hear on campus every day and I was inspired to examine bronze…
Week 11 rewrite
Artisans in early imperial China were surprisingly not revered for their skill and artistry and were seen as lower class and commoners who were tolerated. They were skilled workers in…
Week 11
Artisans are at the bottom of Imperial China’s caste system Artisans in early imperial China were surprisingly not revered for their skill and artistry and were seen as lower class…
Week 10
Soleil Hu, the author of “The Rich, Complex History Hiding Within Chinese Plate Designs”, asked a curator about a design she grew up with on the plates in her mothers…
