1. Introduction to Far Eastern Art
Chinese and Japanese Art

2. Important dynasties Han dynasty- 3rd C BC to 7th C BC
Tang dynasty- 7th C to 10th
Sung dynasty- 10th to 13th C
Yuan dynasty- 13th to 14th C
Ming dynasty- 14th -17th C

3. Chinese arts are influenced by three major religions: Confucianism, Taoism, and Buddhism.
Another major influence was nature. The three major kinds of subject they liked to paint were birds, flowers, and landscapes from the countryside.
All the religions stress love for nature.
All landscape painters tried to get a feeling of the human spirit and the strength of the wind, water, mist and mountains.
Painting became an art form more than 2000 years ago then influenced the later painters.

4. Chinese arts come in many different forms such as: painting, folk arts, silk, calligraphy, pottery, sculpture, metal arts and even papercuts

5. Sculptures were made of many different materials: stone, jade, lacquer, wood, metal, clay, etc.
They weren’t only for admiring but they were used as everyday items like a wine bucket, mirrors, pottery, and pendants.

6. Dynastic Arts
Calligraphy a very famous art form along with painting
Landscape painting very popular
Painting was no longer about the description of the visible world; it became a means of conveying the inner landscape of the artist's heart and mind.

8. Fish and Rocks

9. Works usually monochromatic Ink on paper Extensive use of calligraphy and calligraphical brush strokes in painting too Close links between art and spirituality

11. Chinese Bronzes

13. Japanese Art
Japanese art covers a wide range of art styles and media, including ancient pottery, sculpture in wood and bronze, ink painting on silk and paper and more recently manga, cartoon, along with a myriad of other types of works of art.

14. Important Eras Kofun Period- 3rd to 6th C
Asuka and Nara Period- 6th -9th C
Heian Period – 9th to 14th
Muromachi and Momoyama period- 14th to 17th C
Edo Period- 17th -19th C
Under Tokugawa empire

15. Japan's first historical epoch–the Asuka period, coincides with the introduction of Buddhism into the country.
This new religion contained many ideas and images that were radically different from the concerns of native Shinto.
Along with Buddhism, other important foreign concepts and practices, including the Chinese written language, the practice of recording history, the use of coins, and the standardization of weights and measures was introduced

16. Nara Period
7th CE

17. Asuka period

19. During the Edo Period ( ) both the subjects and styles of painting diversified significantly as patronage broadened to include a newly affluent merchant class.
painting of contemporary urban life, new subjects and styles influenced by a limited importation of European art, and work by artists who based their lives on Chinese scholarly ideals flourished. 

20. Very important for woodcuts
Influenced Western Art Movements like Post Impressionism
Artists like Vangogh and Gauguin highly inspired by them
Bright and colorful
Extensive use of yellow

21. Edo Period