Ancient Chinese Art
Stone
Age - 50,000-2000 BC
Shang Dynasty - 1766-1122 BC
Chou Dynasty -
Western Chou -1122-771 BC
Eastern Chou-
Spring and Autumn period -771-481 BC
Warring States period -481-221 BC
Ch'in (Qin) Dynasty -221-206 BC
Han Dynasty -206 BC-AD 220
Three Kingdoms - 220-581 AD
Sui Dynasty - 581-618 AD
T'ang Dynasty - 618-907 AD
Sung Dynasty - 960-1279 AD
Mongols - 1279-1368 AD
Ming Dynasty -1368-1644 AD
To find out more about Chinese art, check out these books from Amazon.com or from your library:
The British Museum Book of Chinese Art, by Jessica Rawson and others (1996). Rawson is a curator at the British Museum, and she uses the collection of the British Museum to illustrate this book. Library Journal calls it "easily the best introductory overview of Chinese art to appear in years".
Art
in China (Oxford History of Art Series), by Craig Clunas (1997).
Not specifically for kids, but a good introduction to the spirit of
Chinese art. Warning: this one is not arranged in chronological order.
Instead, it has chapters on sculpture, calligraphy, and so on.
Chinese history page
Chinese philosophy page
Main China Page
History for Kids home page
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