Art of Early China and Japan

Chinese culture has existed in one way or another since the Neolithic period with evidence of artifact dating to around 5ooo BCE. Through the centuries, Chinese culture has changed and evolved due to political and cultural divisions, the rise and fall of ruling dynasties, invasion and through the influence of Buddhist beliefs coming from India. The history of Chinese art and architecture is as complex and diverse as its history. The technological and artistic innovation of Chinese culture and art thought the millennia cannot be overstated.
The insular culture of Japan, while often drawing artistic influence from its Chinese neighbor, has produced a distinct history of art and artifacts that shows Chinese influence, but reflect the particular cultural distinctions of this island culture.

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  • @nicholasweber3455
    @nicholasweber34552 жыл бұрын

    Thank you so much for this great series! Its really generous to make these resources available, and the breadth of these historical surveys is really amazing!

  • @alesh2275
    @alesh22752 жыл бұрын

    Zhou isn’t pronounced as “zoo” but like “joe”

  • @partialintegral
    @partialintegral2 жыл бұрын

    Nice video, you've butchered the proper names though, not only in speech but some of them even in writing.

  • @profnealart

    @profnealart

    2 жыл бұрын

    My Chinese pronunciation is admittedly poor. The spellings come from those used in Gardner's Art through the Ages.

  • @partialintegral

    @partialintegral

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@profnealart There is no Zhaunzi in the source you've quoted, but Zhuangzi, which is the correct spelling. As for the speaking part, I do not mean pronunciation, but reading. You do not know the transcription used, so you read 'Zhou' as 'zoo', which is incorrect, since it should be read as 'joe' (using English phonemes). The hanyu pinyin transcription is not intuitive, but easy to learn.

  • @profnealart

    @profnealart

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@partialintegral Yes, Zhaunzi is a typo. I appreciate your attention to detail. Admittedly there are a few typographical errors throughout my dozens of lectures. No disrespect is ever intended. The volume of PowerPoints I prepare for my lectures sometimes mean transcription fatigue when converting the information to slide form. These lectures were created over the height of the pandemic when all of my face-to-face lectures were converted to an online format. This meant recording around 120 hours of material in a few months time. I decided to post these publicly so others staying home could view them. My eventual plan is to post more concise, cleaned up versions that are less fuzzy around the edges and better edited.