Chinese Art History Resources: Qin and Han Dynasties

Qin Dynasty221 BC - 206 BC
Han Dynasty206 BC - 220 AD


(See also: China resource page)

Qin and Han Dynasties - Web Resources
China's Wall Less Great in View from Space. NASA
The Chinese Empire. Richard Hooker, Washington State University
Classical China. Gregory James Smits, Pennsylvania State University
Early Imperial China. Minnesota State University
The Golden Age of Chinese Archaeology: Early Imperial China. National Gallery of Art
The Great Wall. Ulrich Theobald
The Great Wall of China. Ellie Crystal
The Great Wall of China. TravelChinaGuide.com
Han Dynasty. Ulrich Theobald
The Imperial Era. Leon Poon
Legalism, Qin Empire, and the Han Dynasty. Sanderson Beck
Monuments of China: Qin - Han. Mike Gunther
Qin Dynasty and Han Dynasty. TravelChinaGuide.com
Qin Dynasty and Han Dynasty. Wikipedia
Qin Terra-cotta Warriors and Horses. TravelChinaGuide.com
The Rise and Fall of the Qin Dynasty. Peter Nepstad
Tomb of Liu Sheng. Patricia Buckley Ebrey et al., University of Washington

Qin and Han Dynasties - Museum Collections
Asia Society Museum of New York
Asian Art Museum of San Francisco
Art Institute of Chicago
Boston Museum of Fine Arts
British Museum
Cleveland Museum of Art
Detroit Institute of Arts
Freer and Sackler Galleries
Kimbell Art Museum
Kyoto National Museum
Los Angeles County Museum of Art
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Minneapolis Institute of Arts
Museums in China: Qin-Han
National Palace Museum, Taipei
Tokyo National Museum

Chin and Han Dynasties - Image Links (click inside)

1. Qin and Western Han, 221 BC - 24 AD
Archer Rider Foot Soldiers Attendant Dancer Lamp
Jade Shroud Silver Cup TLV Mirror Mat Weight Seal Wine Warmer
Hu Hu Amphora Lacquer Dish

2. Eastern Han, 25 AD - 220 AD)
Lacquered Box Horse Miniature Pond Censer Pottery Lamp Model Tower
Model House Inkstone Cover Money Tree Guard Dog

[last updated: May 14, 2010]


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