Art/101 Timeline Final

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Assignment : ART TIMELINE

[ YOUR NAME ]

Art/101

[ DATE ]

Instructor :

Art Timeline

As curator of the museum I have been asked to develop an interactive timeline based on one art medium to improve the content of the museum website. Based on the criteria for the interactive timeline I have decided upon basing the timeline on paintings of Chinese nature and landscape to focus the timeline on an area of historic art that has managed to stay traditional while creating a new piece of artwork connected to its dynasty. Throughout time the Chinese dynasties have changed and evolved. The Interactive Timeline will take place during Classical Imperial China’s Song Dynasty consisting of the Northern Song Dynasty from A.D. 960 thru 1125 and the Southern Song Dynasty fro A.D. 1127 thru 1279 (Minnesota State University, n.d.). Nature and landscape paintings from the Song Dynasty develop a focal point within the painting that expresses the artist meaning throughout the painting. The artwork of the Northern Song Dynasty is defines as being traditional and conservative while the Southern Song Dynasty lacks the tradition and would be defined as drastic, often creative pieces of work that are unusual compared to what was the norm (Sayre, 2007). Continuing through the interactive timeline comparative artwork from the preceding Dynasties of the Yuan Dynasty from A.D. 1279 thru 1368, the Ming Dynasty from A.D. 1368 thru 1644, the Qing Dynasty from A.D. 1644 thru 1911, and finally ending with modern nature and landscaping art will be displayed. The following is examples of pieces of artwork from the Song Dynasty focusing on nature and landscape.

Figure 1

A.D. 1080 Northern Song Dynasty

Old Trees, Level Distance

Guo Xi

Handscroll; ink and color on silk

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Guo Xi, a known Chinese landscape artist from the 11th century developed the Old Tree, Level Distance hand scroll using ink and color on silk which is...