Renaissance in Asia
a journey through history...
By: Manuela Vargas,
Catalina Fonrodona,
Camila Trimmiño,
María Alejandra
Ceballos and
Gabriela Villamil.
Art Diverse forms of art that were influenced
by various dynasties, and coming from
different countries.
Art In Korea:
-ceramics
-Buncheong ware,
-Porcelain
-Buddhist art
There was a very strong pursuit
of white in the Joseon dynasty
Art in China.
-calligraphy,
-cloisonné,
-painting was the
handscroll,
-landscape painting
-Daoism
The Chinese way of appreciating a painting
is commonly called words du hua, which
means "to read a painting”.
“One significant body of landscape painting from
the early Joseon period comprises works
illustrating scenery or places in China of literary
fame and with nostalgic association
Many landscapes from this period, chief among
them the Eight Views, are painted in the An
Gyeon style—coined after the most celebrated
and influential landscapist of the early Joseon,
who was active around the mid-fifteenth century.”
-The Japanese blade
-illustrated handscrolls
-Incense
-weddings in the Edo
period:
“Wealthy and powerful
daimyô ordered
magnificent wedding
trousseaus for their
daughters, and these
trousseaus became
symbolic of the social
rank and the political
alliances upon which
the marriages were
founded”.
Influences • Buddhist
• Hindu
this brought to the construction of
more than five thousand temples
in:
➢ Birmania
➢ Camboya
➢ Thailand
➢ Indonesia
architecture
Buildings
In buildings, the materials used
were:
• varnish
• lacquer
• jade stone
• bronze
these materials in the buildings
represented important aspects of
their past.
Chinese
Chinese architecture influence in many others countries, creating two
different new styles, with several characteristics, which were:
• Enhancement: temples and palaces were decorated with relief which bring
the thought of other world.
• Spires: pointed long stick to decorate the temple
• Stupas: memorial pilgrimage with a square base which represent Buda. in
the roof they have a dome which represent the universe.
• Pagodas: building with several levels which has an octagonal shape
looking as a lotus flower. they attract thunders, and it was thought that they
have a spiritual charge.
• Gold leaf: there are inside and outside so they shine with the sun and the
rain.
Taj Mahal
Taj Mahal means “crown of places”.Is located in Agra, Uttradesh, India. The beginning of the construction began in 1932 by the emperor Shah Jahan in memory of his third wife. he used Islamic, Persian, Ottoman, Turkish, and Indian influences.
The construction finally end in 1953 approximately.
Asian renaissance was characterized by their strict
empires and dynasties. one of the most important
dynasty in that period was ming, this was the
penultimate dynasty of china.
In XIV century take place a decayed of the dynasty
because the emperor was changed and people did
not agreed with it and it made that china became
invaded from others.
Asian renaissance was also known for their barters of
art, books, and other things with other continents
because it help them to win power so they could be
recognized and become powerful around the world.
In that period also Asia was having many problems
with their importations because muslims blocked the
roads so Asia could not make trades. The arrival of
europeans in Asia took along many problems to
asians most of all for china, japan and india
because europeans wanted to evangelize them and
the did not wanted that so then began many revolts
against europeans, that made that Asia declined.
Economy
since Europe dominated much of Asia in the 19th and 20th century it has
been assumed that this was happening in the 16th, 17th and 18th
century. these are some of the relevant events that took place during
renaissance.
Ottoman turks: conquered Constantinople in 1453, the Turks took Cairo
in 1517, Hungary in 1526, Algiers in 1528 and Vienna as well in 1529 and
again in 1683.
persian Safavid Empire: a Shi’a sect of Islam as the state religion and led
to a 250- year flowering of Persian culture.
Japan: took the social organization of feudalism- the Samuri.
china: recovery of agriculture. new machines and irrigating systems.
Inequality of wealth distribution--the beneficiaries of the surplus were
largely landlords and mill owners; farmers and workers received little
recompense or reward for their labor.because of the great wealth
disparity, however, minor declines in the amount of food harvested meant
that those on the bottom of the economic ladder suffered the most.
Restriction of trade:while Menzies focuses upon the opportunities lost
for the Chinese to get credit for the “discovery” of the Americas due to the
jealousies of Confucian clerks, trade was restricted in order to limit the
growing influence of merchants.Trade was not completely shut off, of
course; the Portuguese would arrive in Macau in 1535.
floods and famine: massive population decline thanks to the lack of
food.
political colapse: in 1644 the last emperor of the Ming dynasty
committed suicide. Manchu invaders from Manchuria invaded and captured
Beijing.
India: in the 13th century a succession of Islamic rulers had overrun
northern India. They ruled through a system that made local officials,
known as zamindars, responsible for collecting taxes from peasants on the
land the zamindars owned; but the zamindars had to turn over a portion to
the Islamic rulers.
Society in China
The social pyramid in Asia started about 3,000 years ago when the Shang and Zhou dynasties
started. During this period, military leaders and administrators were the ones rulling. Almost every
country in Asia was a male-centered society, in which the family name passed down through the
male line. Later on, a new social pyramid emerged. The emperor and his attendants were on the
top. Below him, the elite scholars such as the court or important persons took place. Farmers,
soldiers, merchants, artisans were below them. They were at the bottom of the pyramid. By the
20th century, a number of families with commercial and industrial interests had made great
fortunes. Their wealth permitted them the luxury of educating their children, and because of this,
their families’ status advanced in the traditional hierarchy.
When the Chinese Communists gained power in 1949, the social hierarchy changed dramatically.
Poor peasant farmers and people who had joined the Communist army during the revolution were
held in esteem within the party, which exercised great influence over society. Landlords and
educated elites often were punished, and many lost their land and other properties. In rural areas
there were many executions and other punishments for landlord families.
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