LBST 1B05 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Dong Yuan, Middleground, Academic Art

• School: OCAD University
• Department: Liberal Studies
• Course: LBST 1B05
• Professor: Ryan Whyte

Document Summary

Renaissance art history tends to be very parochial; it is generally inward-looking (though it is sometimes concerned with how renaissance art was informed by contact with other cultures). China"s model is one of conquest and rule by a foreign power. Painting was engaged with differently in china. It was generally not put on public display, but something which was private and shared between people, only being temporarily unrolled to be examined privately (rather than in a state or court setting) and then rolled back up. End of the song dynasty in 1279, with the invasion of the mongols (begun under chingiss. Khan, finished by kublai khan), saw a revival of older styles. Mongols had tactical advantages; namely the mongolian horse. Very speedy, hardy in difficult climate and geography of mongolia and china. Allowed for great speed and practice of guerrila warfare.