Art History 111: Ming Dynasty China
Portrait of the Yongle Emperor
Date: 1403-1424 Period: Yongle Medium: hanging scroll (ink and color on silk) Characteristics: -
Box with Peonies
Date: 1403-1424 Period: Yongle China Medium: Carved red lacquer
Whirling Snow on the River Bank
Artist: Lan Ying Date: 1639 Medium: hanging scroll (ink on silk) Characteristics: - This is a landscape painting
Hall of Supreme Harmony
Location: Forbidden City, Beijing, China Date: First built 1406-1420, current structure from 1695 (with additional restoration) Period: Yongle China Medium: Painted and carved wood; glazed tiles Characteristics: Golden roofs, red walls Dragon iconography in painted decorations and exterior 9:5 width to depth ratio Ascent to the throne
Vase in Meiping Shape with Daoist Immortal Zhongli Quan
Location: Jingdezhen, China Date: 1400-1450 Medium: Porcelain, painted with cobalt blue under transparent glaze
Jug with Portuguese Coat of Arms
Location: Jingdezhen, China Date: 1520-1540 Medium: Porcelain, painted with cobalt blue under transparent glaze
Jingdezhen
Porcelain capital of China during the late Ming
Yongle emperor
Third Ming emperor who relocated the capital city to Beijing in 1421, r. 1403-1424