COUNTRIES: CHINA: ART: HISTORY: CULTURE: CIVILIZATION

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  Condensed China:  Chinese History for Beginners
http://asterius.com/china/

Condensed China is an introduction to Chinese history.
It exists to inform, enlighten, and attract netizens interested
in China. It is not a complete history of China; I deliberately
skipped over and left out a lot of information. This is more
like ''Chinese History: the Cliff Notes version" or "Chinese
History's Greatest Hits" than a full-fledged history. If I left
out something you feel is important, please email me and
I will put it in the next time I revise the text.

Table of Contents

The Origins of Chinese Civilization: c. 2200 - 221 BC
Xia: c. 2200 - c. 1750 BC
Shang: c. 1750 - c. 1040 BC  
Western Zhou: c. 1100 - 771 BC 
Eastern Zhou, The Spring & Autumn Period, and the
     Warring States: 771 - 221 BC


The Early Empire: 221 BC - AD 589

Qin: 221 - 206 BC
Earlier Han, the Wang Man Interregnum, and the Later Han
The Three Kingdoms and the Dynasties of the North and South


The Second Empire: 589 - 1644

Sui: 589 - 618
Tang: 618 - 907
Northern and Southern Song: 960 - 1279
Yuan (Mongol): 1279 - 1368
Ming: 1368 - 1644


The Birth of Modern China: 1644 - present

Qing (Manchu): 1644 - 1911
Republican China: 1911 - 1949
The People's Republic of China: 1949 - present


Bibliography




  A Visual Sourcebook of Chinese Civilization
http://depts.washington.edu/chinaciv/sitemap.htm

It is generally easiest to navigate this site from Contents
or the Timeline, but there may be times when it is useful
to consult a list of the main pages, which is given here. 
This list does not include the hundreds of pages that give
source citations, nor the pages that extend the text by
giving answers, thoughts, further comments, or enlarged
details.  It also does not list the separate pages of the
Teachers' Guide or the Timeline and Maps.

Front Matter   

F1 Purpose   
F2 Contents   
F3 Timeline and Maps   
F4 Sitemap   
F5 Teachers' Guide

Units   

1 Geography           
Further Reading           
1.1 Land                   
1.11 China Proper                           
1.111 The Great Wall                           
1.112  Yellow River                           
1.113  Yangtze River                   
1.12  Outer China           
1.2 People   

2 Ancient Tombs           
Further Reading           
2.1Neolithic Tomb at Dawenkou                        
2.11 Pottery from Dawenkou            
2.2  Shang Tomb of Fu Hao                    
2.21 Bronzes from Fu Hao's Tomb                            
2.211 Piece-Mold Techniques                    
2.22 Jade from Fu Hao's Tomb            
2.3  Zhou Tomb of Count Yu                    
2.31 Bronzes from Count Yu's Tomb                    
2.32  Jades from Count Yu's Tomb            
2.4  Warring States Tomb of Marquis Yi                    
2.41 Inscriptions                    
2.43  Musical Instruments                            
2.431  Restoration of the Bells                    
2.44  Bronzes from Marquis Yi's Tomb                    
2.45  Lacquer Objects                   
2.46  Gold and Silver           
2.5  Han Tomb of Liu Sheng                    
2.51 Diagram of Tomb                    
2.52  Bronze Objects                    
2.53  Jade Objects    

3  Buddhism           
Further Reading           
3.1  Images                   
3.11  Buddhas                   
3.12  Bodhisattvas                   
3.13  Other Divinities                   
3.14  Groups of Images           
3.2  Temples                   
3.21  Cave Temples                   
3.22  Urban Temples           
3.3  Practice                   
3.31  Monks and Nuns                   
3.32  Lay People   

4 Calligraphy           
Further Reading           
4.1  Script Types           
4.2  Techniques of Transmission           
4.3  Six Dynasties Calligraphy           
4.4   Tang Calligraphy                   
4.21  Early Tang Court Calligraphy                   
4.22  Other Script Types                   
4.23  Religious Writings                   
4.24  Individualist Styles           
4.5  Calligraphy in Modern China   


5 Military Technology           
Further Reading           
5.1  Siegecraft           
5.2  Crossbows           
5.3  Spears and Clubs           
5.4  Catapults           
5.5  Warships           
5.6  Gunpowder and Firearms 

6 Painting           
Further Reading           
6.1  Painting as a Social Record                   
6.11 Urban Life                           
6.111  Shops and Commerce                           
6.112  Means of Transportation                           
6.113  Individuals on the Street                  
6.12  Private Life                             
6.121  The Private Realm of the Literati                                    
6.1211  The Night Revels of Minister Han Xizai             
6.2  Painting as a Fine Art                   
6.21 Landscape Painting                           
6.211 Northern Song Landscape Painting                                   
6.2111 Guo Xi's Early Spring                           
6.212 Southern Song Landscape Painting                           
6.213 Yuan Landscape Painting                   
6.22 Court Painting                           
6.221 Paintings with Political Agendas                           
6.222 Bird and Flower Painting                   
6.23 Scholar Painting                           
6.231 Figures and Animals                           
6.232 Bamboo, Plum, and Other Plants

7 Homes           
Further Reading           
7.1  House Architecture                   
7.11  Fengshui                   
7.12  Earth as a Building Material                   
7.13  Roof Tiles                   
7.14  Wooden Framing                   
7.15  Regional Variation                               
7.151  Cave Dwellings                   
7.16  Decorative Elements           
7.2  Interiors                   
7.21  Kang                   
7.22  Beds                   
7.23  Furniture   

8 Gardens           
Further Reading           
8.1  Origins of Garden Design           
8.2  Garden Design                   
8.21  Rocks and Mountains                   
8.22  Water                   
8.23  Buildings                   
8.24  Plants                               
8.241 Paving Patterns           
8.3  The Garden as a Site for Social Activity           
8.4  Aesthetics of the Garden           
8.5  Garden of the Master of Nets   

9 Clothing           
Further Reading           
9.1  Traditional Patterns                   
9.11  Evidence from Paintings                   
9.12  Evidence from Photographs                           
9.121  Men                           
9.122  Women                   
9.13  Making Cloth                           
9.131  Sericulture           
9.2  Twentieth-Century Changes                   
9.21  Adaptations to Western Styles                           
9.211 Qipao                           
9.212  Mao Suits                           
9.213  Western-Style Suits                   
9.22  Eighties and Nineties                   
9.23  Weddings   


10 Graphic Arts            
Further Reading            
10. 1  Commercial Advertisements                    
10.11Calendar Posters                                
10.111 Folk Calendars                    
10.12  Magazine Advertisements                    
10.13  Book Covers            
10.2  Political Propaganda                    
10.21 Woodcuts                    
10.22 PRC under Mao                                
10.221 Leaders and Role Models                                
10.222 Science and Technology                                
10.223  Youth and Education                                
10.224  Cultural Revolution            
10.3  Contemporary Graphic Arts                        
10.31  Four Modernizations Era                        
10.32  Contemporary Advertising

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