Chinese Art

By: Daniel F Ring

Phone: (248) 370 2498
E-mail: ring@oakland.edu


ENCYCLOPEDIAS

Use these sources to explore your topic. See also Chinese History. For general sources and indexes see Art History.

Grove Art Online

Chinese Art and Architecture (from Encarta)

Chinese Art - A short essay with a bibliography.

Thematic Essays - There are about 25 essays here.


META SITES

After you have explored your topic in Groves, you should look at the following site.

Culture and Art - Sites are annotated with notes like "Essential" and notes on site contents.


TIMELINES AND CHRONOLOGIES

Timeline of Art History China

Chinese Dynasty Guide

Chronology of Periods in Chinese Art - Click on one of the periods and you will find examples of art.


RESOURCES

Chinese Artists

VOS Voice of the Shuttle

Chinese Art and Folk Art - Covers calligraphy, folk art, puppets and shadow plays and more.

Chinese Calligraphy

China Art History Resources This looks like a timeline but scroll down and you will find many resources. This site is one of the better ones that I have found.

Chinese Art - This is an extensive collection of sites.

Chinese Art - This is another extensive collection of sites, good for artists and history, alpha arranged.

Calligraphy of the Masters

Classic Chinese Paintings - Arranged by dynasty.

The International Dunhuang Project

"IDP is a ground-breaking international collaboration to make information and images of all manuscripts, paintings, textiles and artefacts from Dunhuang and archaeological sites of the Eastern Silk Road freely available on the Internet and to encourage their use through educational and research programmes.

Tens of thousands of images along with catalogues, translations, historical photographs, archaeological site plans and much more are already freely available to all on the IDP DATABASE (add your search term in the box to the left or go to Advanced Search ). This multilingual website and database is hosted by IDP's members in Britain , China , Russia , Japan and Germany ."

Buddhist Art of China

Chinese Art - Here are some of the sites you will find:

New Chinese Art - Includes: works in progress, chronologies, biographies, commissions.

Asia Society - Links to museums, publications, videos.


IMAGES

Camio

"OCLC's Catalog of Art Museum Images Online - is a growing online collection documenting works of art from around the world, representing the collections of prominent museums . CAMIO highlights the creative output of cultures around the world, from prehistoric to contemporary times, and covering the complete range of expressive forms.

CAMIO is licensed for use by students, faculty, and researchers at subscribing institutions. Works of art may be used for educational and research purposes during the term of the subscription, if they are properly credited. Images may not be published or otherwise distributed. "

CAMIO includes ...
  • Photographs
  • Prints
  • Sculpture
  • Paintings
  • Decorative Arts and Utilitarian Objects
  • Drawings and Watercolors
  • Costume and Jewelry
  • Textiles
  • Architecture
  • and more ...

Large Image Collections


BIBILIOGRAPHIES

Bibliography of Contemporary Chinese Art

Chinese Art and Architecture: An Annotated List of Recent Works in Western Languages


MUSEUMS

Art Museums Links

China Includes : The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Art Museum
Flagstaff House Museum of Teaware , Hong Kong
Guangdong Museum of Art
Henan Museum , Luoyang
Hong Kong Heritage Museum
Hong Kong Museum of Art
Hong Kong Museum of History
Museum of Qin Shihuang Terracotta Warriors and Horses , Xi'an
Nanjing Museum and its Academic Exchanges on Conservation in China
The National Museum of Chinese History (Zhongguo lishi bowuguan), Beijing
Palace Museum , Beijing
Shaanxi History Museum , Xi'an
Shanghai Museum
University of Hong Kong, University Museum and Art Gallery
Visible Traces: Rare Books and Special Collections from the National Library of China : on-line exhibition, teacher's guide, etc.

NB: Many of these museums use Chinese.

 

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Created on 1/12/08 by Daniel F. Ring; / Last updated on 9/4/08 by mj
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