WEBOct 13, 2017 · Ancient China covered a vast and ever-changing geopolitical landscape, and the art it produced over three millennia is, unsurprisingly, just as varied.

WEBChu and Southern culture. A rich source of art in early China was the state of Chu (722 – 481 B.C.E.), which developed in the Yangtze Rivervalley. Painted wooden sculptures, jade disks, glassbeads, musical …

WEBChinese painting, one of the major art forms produced in China over the centuries. The other arts of China are treated in separate articles. These include Chinese calligraphy, which in China is closely associated with …

WEBThe establishment of the Ming dynasty in 1368 marks the return of native rule over all of China for the first time in centuries. An interest in cultural restoration characterizes the first part of the dynasty, when the court …

WEBArtists from the Han (206 BC – 220 AD) to the Tang (618–906) dynasties mainly painted the human figure. Much of what we know of early Chinese figure painting comes from burial sites, where paintings were preserved …