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Chinese Art
Li – Understanding Patterns of
Universe
Wen – Literary Culture
The Buddha Sakayamuni
• Bronze statue from
Tibet, 15th century
• Faithful to Gupta-era
Indian traditions
• Bhumispashra or
“Earth Witness”
Mudra
The Bodhisattva Yuan-Kin
Song Dynasty (960-1279)
Dharmachakra
Mudra
Fully Chinese facial features
Every detail – jewelry, textiles, hair-do
– indicates a fully Chinese Buddha
Clothing is that of
Chinese aristocracy
Chan (Zen) Patriarch Genre
Hui Neng, the Sixth Chan Patriarch, Chopping
Wood at the Moment of Enlightenment
12th Century Hanging Scroll Painting
Priest Budai (Taoist: Hotei)
Watching Cock-fighting
Indian Stupa
Chinese Pagoda
Mu Ta Pagoda 11th Century
Fisher in Autumn
Ming Dynasty (1368-1644)
Buddhist Temple in Mountains
(Song Dynasty 960-1279)
Travelers in the
Mountains
Fan Kuan
Song Dynasty
Along the River During the
Quingming Festival (Song Dynasty 960-1279)
“China’s Mona Lisa.” Handscroll containing 814 human figures in vast landscape.
Along the River During the
Quingming Festival (Song Dynasty 960-1279)
Dwelling in the Fuchun Mountains
(Yuan Dynasty 1280-1365)
• Gongwang most famous
painter of Yuan period
• Presented as gift to Taoist
Priest in 1350.
• So loved by Master
Zhiyong that he burned it
upon his death to be able to
bring it to next world.
Rescued, but in two pieces.
(long piece)
(short piece)
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