HIST241 242 Han Art and Material Culture Principal Materials Bronze Ceramics glazed and gray unglazed Jade Lacquerware Wood Stone Paint Han Bronzes Ceramics Technology Technology was already very advanced eg high heat kilns ID: 230217
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Han Art and Material Culture
HIST241 2.4.2Slide2
Han Art and Material Culture
Principal Materials
Bronze
Ceramics – glazed and gray (unglazed)
Jade
Lacquerware
Wood
Stone
PaintSlide3
Han BronzesSlide4
Ceramics
Technology
Technology was already very advanced (e.g., high heat kilns).
Pottery wheels became more widely used.
Glazes further developed.
Design
Relief
Paint
Glaze
Sculpture Slide5
Clockwise from the left: painted ceramic pot; close up of relief detail of dragon and phoenix on first pot; painted earthenware tripod pot
Ceramic PotsSlide6
Celadon pot with mountain-shaped lid and animal designs
Ceramic PotsSlide7
Western Han painted pots decorated with acrobats
Ceramic PotsSlide8
Left:
A footed Western Han white ceramic wine warmer with animal-head figurines decorating its lid
Right:
A Western Han glazed pottery ding with
taotie
-faced with door-knocker design
Ceramic PotsSlide9
Left: painted sculptures
Right: Western Han tomb statuette of cavalryman and horse
Ceramic FigurinesSlide10
Left: laughing woman
Right: Western Han tomb figurines of servants
Ceramic FigurinesSlide11
Left: Eastern Han green-glazed pottery dog
Right: Eastern Han candelabra decorated with animal figurines
Ceramic animal figurinesSlide12
Funerary Art
Tombs of the elite
Vaults of brick or stone
Often had multiple rooms
Elaborately decorated
Grave goods, or items buried with the dead)
Items
used by the deceased during his/her
lifetime
Items created specifically for interment, often in miniature
Tombs and grave goods replicated the world of the living for the dead.Slide13
Textiles Slide14
Jade Burial SuitsSlide15
Jade and Lacquerware
Jade
Luxury material, only used by the elite
Used mainly for ceremonial goods and accessories
Lacquerware
Also used only by the elite
Used for both decorative and everyday itemsSlide16
JadeSlide17
LacquerwareSlide18
LacquerwareSlide19
Architecture
Building Materials
Mostly wood and rammed earth
Some brick and stone
Ceramic roof tiles
Because most buildings were made of wood, there are few remnants of Han dynasty architecture.
Much of what we know is based on tomb miniatures, which appear to be replicas of real buildings.Slide20
Stone pillarSlide21
Tomb model
Han
dynasty
pottery
palaceSlide22
Tower architecture