1. Art of China

2. Standing figure (Guanghan Sanxingdui, China), Shang dynasty, c
Standing figure (Guanghan Sanxingdui, China), Shang dynasty, c BCE, bronze

3. Gong of animal forms (Anyang, China), 12th or 11th century BCE, bronze Shang dynasty/ gong (guang)/ zoomorphic/ bilateral symmetry/ casting vs. firing/ varied animal motifs/ Chinese attitude toward nature

4. Bi (disk) (late Zhou dynasty), 3rd to 4th century, nephrite Zhou dynasty/ bi disk/ use of jade to suggest rank and status/ Chinese dragons

5. Above: k’uei dragon Right: lung dragon

6. Left: Rectangular “hu” vessel (Late Western Zhou period) Below: Wine container of the “you” type, 10th century BCE

7. Soldiers of the Imperial Bodyguard, tomb of the Chinese emperor Shi Huangdi (Shaanxi, China) c. 210 BCE, painted terracotta

8. 6,000 lifesize terracotta soldiers used to convey power and authority/ soldiers facing eastward

9. Legalism/ model of the imperial palace

10. weapons of war

11. The Great Wall

12. Funeral banner from the Tomb of Dai (Western Han dynasty), c
Funeral banner from the Tomb of Dai (Western Han dynasty), c. 168 BCE, painted silk Han dynasty/ realms of heaven and earth

13. reappearance of a “bi”

14. the raven and the toad/ the Silk Road

15. Fragment of a stamped brick depicting the Queen of the West seated on a tiger throne and surrounded by the fox, the hare with the herb of immortality, the toad of the Moon, and the raven

16. Incense burner, from the tomb of Prince Liu Sheng (Han dynasty), 113 BCE, bronze with gold inlay

17. Mythological scenes from the Wu family shrine (late Han dynasty), CE, rubbing of a stone relief

18. Confucian themes/ Yi, the legendary archer, shoots at one of the sun-crows/ a Fusang tree/ contours of figures suggesting linear rhythm

19. Attributed to Gu Kaizhi
Attributed to Gu Kaizhi. Lady Feng and the Bear, detail of Admonitions of the Instructress… (Period of Disunity), late fourth century CE Gu Zaizhi/ Period of Disunity/ the Chinese handsroll/ absence of a setting/ Xie He’s Six Laws