W HAT AFFECT DID THE DIFFERENT DYNASTIES HAVE ON THE PORCELAIN / CERAMIC ARTEFACTS ?

China is quite a big country with approximately 1.3 billion people and has a lot of history. The first dynasty to rule was in 206 BC and ended in 221 BC it was called the Qin dynasty. The last dynasty was called the Qing dynasty it began in 1644 AD and ended in1911 AD.

People’s feelings didn’t affect the artefacts that much because people didn’t base their artefacts on how they feel, they based them more on tradition and culture so even if they weren’t in the best mood they would still base the artefacts on tradition or culture. Modern Chinese art today has hardly changed from ancient art that includes: design, style, texture and elegance.

A small town in china called Jingdezhen, making porcelain artefacts has been a very important part in their lives and has been known as the porcelain capital and has many factories producing the porcelain artefacts.

In about 206 BC when the Ch’in dynasty ended, Shih-huang claimed to be the first emperor and was buried in a tomb with 6,00 terra cotta soldiers and horses, the horses and warriors were made from local clay after the horses and warriors were put in the kiln they were each painted with detail, the ornaments were made life size and are still standing today.

Around 1900 AD AD (the last dynasty) blue and white porcelain artefacts were very popular so were lacquer and jade so people started to make those artefacts a lot more often as opposed to the Shang dynasty ( BC ) the Chinese artefacts that were made to get put in tombs.

Woven silk, glazed ceramics and lacquer ware were first introduced in the Shang dynasty. Throughout the years ceramic and porcelain artefacts have changed little. The way people feel didn’t affect the style of artefacts.The artefacts highlighted recurring patterns and subjects throughout the years.

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